Sentences with phrase «though earlier stories»

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Perhaps the most remarkable component of Grepper's story, though, is not that his MacGyvered cooler raised mega money, but that six months earlier, The Coolest was a dud.

A similar case to EuropaCorp's «Kursk,» the true story of a Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 and killed everyone on board; though Putin had a significant role in the events, appears in the source material of Robert Moore's best - seller «A Time to Die,» and even featured in early versions of the screenplay, he's nowhere to be found in the finished film.

The most important part of the story, though, seems to be the company's early years spent prototyping with lithium - ion manufacturing equipment inherited from failed battery startup A123 Systems.

Though apparently written in a continuous sequence, the two parts were separated early in the second century so that the Gospel section could be placed with the other three Gospels to form a fourfold story of Jesus.

Luke, placing the story in an earlier context, says that this «bad woman» washed Jesus» feet with her tears, dried them with her hair, kissed them and anointed them with perfume; but it is probably the same story, for though it is said to have happened long before Judas» betrayal and in a slightly different manner, it did happen in the home of a publican named Simon.

This means that though the burial story may have been known somewhat earlier, the discovery story originated about the same time as the composition of Mark's Gospel.

In this earliest form of the discovery story, the women, the chief human characters though they be, may be said to be incidental to the story.

This seems to indicate that he could not tell the story of Jesus without them, though in the early church this note had become subordinate to Jesus himself as the Christ.

Though he is spoken of anthropomorphically (as a being in human form) at some points in the Bible, particularly in the early «J» stories of the Old Testament, this is not the normal biblical understanding of his nature.

We recognize, of course, the relatively late emergence in the Old Testament of a positively and precisely articulated belief in Yahweh's universal creation, and that it is not, indeed, until the time of Second Isaiah that such a belief is taken for granted.24 On the other hand, the J story of creation in Gen. 2 reflects an early if imprecise creation faith25 while the eighth - century prophets clearly stand upon a thoroughly practical though untheoretical belief in Yahweh's creative function.

This is the whole point of form criticism — or tradition criticism, as it ought to be called: the units in the evangelic tradition were handed down orally, in separation, and in the form given them by the earliest preachers and teachers of the gospel, the «gospel» being, not the total story of the life of Jesus, but the proclamation of the message of salvation through him, a salvation fully to be effected in the future, though it could be realized in anticipation even now, before the final Parousia.

It seems like Pixar has a saner and healthier viewpoint than other animators, and they turn out better stories all around (though Cars was a bit of a disappointment in that regard ¯ only in comparison to the terrific earlier stuff, that is).

Thank you so much for all the research you have shared — hypothyroidism is not seen as a big issue over here, so even though I've never felt any better (I was diagnosed about 10 years ago in my early twenties), my Drs have always just said my results show I am in range, end of story.

Rockett paused, allowing the effect of his story, which clung to our table like a grim vapor, to dispel itself, but soon he continued: «Two years earlier we had another heroic pioneer, though he was French, not English.

That, though, isn't the only success story in the early part of 2018 as Grosjean's Haas team have impressed many in the paddock.

Earlier in the week, though, staffers for Cuomo tried spin a story ahead of time by suggesting that reporters ask specific questions of the governor during an afternoon conference call.

Yesterday we ran a story about calculations that confirmed earlier news that physicists may be on the verge of discovering the existence of the Higgs boson, which, if it turns out to be true, would be one of the biggest science stories of all time.What concerns me here, though, is not science so much as popular song.For reasons that are obscure to me, the article triggered a memory of the old Johnny Cash tune, Folsom Prison Blues, which began rolling through my head.

The total for window kills isn't the whole story, though, says ornithologist Daniel Klem Jr. of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pa., who did the earlier calculation: «The moral imperative of preventing even one unwanted and unintended death of these utilitarian and aesthetically pleasing creatures is, or should be, compelling enough.»

He tells me I'm funny when I'm telling ridiculous stories (even though he probably zoned out 20 minutes earlier).

Based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 science fiction novel (though it departs from the original story in quite a few places), Ender's Game is set in a future where a bug - like alien race has attacked the Earth, and talented children are selected at an early age to train for battle through a series of war games.

It's a story with eerie echoes of science - fiction novels like J.G. Ballard's «The Crystal World» and Stephen King's «Under the Dome,» though I confess that an early shot of a meteor crashing into a lighthouse put me briefly in mind of a dystopian Nicholas Sparks.

Trust's early episodes show some promise, though it remains to be seen if the story will take off to the level of other FX dramas.

But even though their stories aren't yet as dynamic as that, Rhys, Taylor, and others continue to be emotionally compelling pieces of this grounded (though sometimes a little overly complicated, especially in early episodes) final season.

Earlier this morning we went live with our review where we said: «Even though Berserk and the Band of the Hawk isn't the best way to experience the Berserk story, its story is so in - depth that it would still be a great way to experience it for the first time.

Even though the story's opening alludes to Sonic's death, it should be apparent to everyone that Sonic is not dead — he's merely been captured by Eggman's forces and the resistance needs to save him early on in the game.

My mom enjoyed it, though she misses the «fun» aspect of the earlier films, and isn't sure where they will take the story now.

We learn that there's been a full - scale outbreak in Willamette once again, and though Frank fiercely refuses to live through another zombie apocalypse, the idea of yet another huge story eggs him onwards, plus he learns that Vick went into the town earlier and has yet to return.

The drag is that her character is pushed aside earlier than I would have liked; though it actually makes sense for the sake of story, her presence was sorely missed.

Even though the prologue informs, «This story takes place in New York City sometime in the early 1990s,» a.k.a. pre-Rudy's Renaissance, this raw view of Manhattan feels hopelessly hackneyed and dated, even if it was Scorsese himself who crafted this original vision twenty - five years ago.

In Screenwriting 101, though, coincidences are fine, regardless of how implausible or even impossible they might seem, as long as they happen early in the story.)

When a movie about the African - American experience in Jackson, Mississippi, during the early 1960s bypasses the assassination of Medgar Evers to move on to a plot point about a pie made of human feces, though, one has to question the story's priorities.

Many of Haynes's fans will enjoy unpicking its style, though others might find something frustrating and anti-climactic about where its story leads after some truly fizzing earlier scenes.

For the first time, the story supports and adds to the action rather than distract from it; it's almost as though Anderson was holding back in the earlier films because he wanted to save the best for last.

Given the paper's 53 % Catholic subscriber base, Baron's move is a gutsy one, and though Robinson hesitates, his journalistic pride gets the better of him early and often on the way to unearthing the story and facing his own failings.

(That last aspect feels especially relevant in our current political climate, even though Riley wrote an earlier version of this story years before the chaos of the Trump administration.)

Even though Nicholson, 44, is the only local lead in the film, she didn't pay much attention to the Bulger story when she was younger, partly because she was living in Western Mass. from the late»70s to the early»80s, the period of focus in «Black Mass..»

Of course, not everything always goes as planned, and though Story manages to meet the writer fairly early in the film, a wolf - like beast (referred to here as a scrunt) stands in her way.

Griffith's rhythmic editing and use of location and depth of field is in full display in an early attempt at a «realistic» story; though for some reason one family displays the American Biograph logo in their home.

The new 2018 Ford Expedition is the biggest story because it's an all - new model, though it first appeared a couple of days earlier at the Dallas Cowboys» new training facility.

The story of airbags exploding and killing people with shrapnel was broken by the New York Times in November of 2014, though later reports would reveal that Takata knew of the problem much earlier.

I began to think about The Meaning of Night over thirty years ago, though its roots go back further, to my early love of The Arabian Nights (I had — still have — an illustrated Victorian edition, which I pored over constantly) and of Scheherazade's ability to spin a seemingly endless skein of stories.

Their story is well known, though not many casual readers realize that Shakespeare's script hints at an earlier meeting between the two razor - tongued suitors.

In the end, though, the Victorian London in my story is a vision from my imagination, in the same way that the Scottish highlands in my earlier novel, Under The Skin, were a personal vision.

Also, this series seems to release super slow, too bad as it jars with the extreme fast pass of the story, its not a good thing, but the story and art and all that, pretty good, the concept alone is interesting, and the characters and concepts as presented are good, but, these volumes are edited to a degree, which is odd, this is a teen series, so, why cut the swearing, why change the names, why doctor the art when there's nothing mature to cover up in the first place... not good choices on the part of the American release staff, though this volume doesn't have those things to such a degree so, maybe those comments should be for a earlier volume.

I do hope we see a return to the connecting stories earlier books had though.

However, after reading a fair number of TPG success stories earlier this year, I figured I'd give travel rewards credit cards a try (though admittedly with a heavy dose of skepticism).

The critical response so far has been encouraging though; the review embargo lifted earlier in the week has brought forth quotes like «an atmosphere so unnerving you'll sleep with the lights on for a month,» «one of the most intense and gripping story experiences of the year,» «as good as we expected,» «a spectacular, memorable experience»; so they should be good.

I like the turn - based RPG mechanics, I like the setting and the story doesn't make me roll my eyes (even though it took a weird turn early).

Even though I stated earlier that the story was rather boring, the interactions with Laegrinna and her servants actually provide a little comedic relief to help out the story.

Link does not appear to be a direct descendant of the hero from the earlier games in this story arc, even though Spirit Tracks clearly follows the same storyline, occurring roughly a century after the events of Phantom Hourglass.