Sentences with phrase «told stories of years»

Still others told stories of years — and sometimes decades — of misdiagnoses before their illness was correctly identified as Lyme disease.

Amy Seimetz («Sun Don't Shine») Some people act, write and direct, and some people tell the story of the year in film all their own, «Zelig» - style.

While the articles in total tell the story of the year, many also seem to expose a collective state of mind: writers, in real time, reflecting on and trying to explain a seemingly inexplicable zeitgeist.

Then the layer the year after that tells the story of that year.

Not exact matches

«Yesterday, seeing Sonny Boy for the first time in 20 years, it was incredibly overwhelming, and I went to bed last night, just thinking to myself, that often we tell the story that in the last 30 years (that) extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

This year Canadian Business decided to tell some of those stories.

She has spent years studying the science (research, studies, physiology, etc.) of how body language tells the story of what is going on inside someone's brain.

The retired Carty, among the most respected men in the airline industry, tells this story with the energy and infection of a 21 - year - old app developer.

That a 15 - year - old girl would be targeted and shot by the Taliban, live to tell the tale and then continue to fight for the education of women in Pakistan is the kind of story that cuts through cultural and geographic boundaries.

For thousands of years, humans have told stories to impart information, explain the inexplicable, entertain an audience and forge social connections.

Gold fever around the world The metal's 10 - year bull run has given rise to all manner of new ventures seeking to mine it, buy it, sell it, hoard it, melt it down, even tell its story.

Becky Hammon, who became the first NBA assistant coach last year, and this year coached the San Antonio Spurs to a win in the NBA's Summer League, told Fortune, «Now that this door has been opened, maybe we'll see more of it, and hopefully it will not be a news story.»

Host Amanda Boleyn went through a similar journey when she quit a corporate job five years ago, and now, she's devoted much of her time to telling stories that will inspire others to stop thinking about their dreams and start chasing them.

Almost 49,000 people are diagnosed with the disease every year, and every one of them has an equally sad story to tell about the diagnosis.

Meyers told the story of a 30 - year - old veteran who was supposed to start work at a government agency, but thanks to the hiring freeze, the start date was postponed «indefinitely.»

The fact is that over the years many songs from many genres have told stories that resonate with millions of listeners; that's how «hits» become timeless classics.

Finally, reporter Emily Canal tells the compelling story of Windcatcher, a small business that appeared on Shark Tank last year — and subsequently discovered that a rival company was selling a similar product.

Our sense is that in light of the oil shock and weak economic growth recorded in Canada this past year, the SEPH is likely telling the more accurate story, meaning we could see employment as measured by the LFS slow significantly during the first half of 2016.»

Invariably, when we tell the story of how the band survived 10 years in the New York and New Jersey bar scene while struggling to get a record deal, people want to hear war stories about shady club owners and how we dealt with the implied «mob scene.»

He tells this story, among many others, to the hundreds of newly minted, twentysomething second lieutenants who come under his care and feeding each year.

This year's spot, titled «Born the Hard Way,» will tell the immigrant story of company co-founder Adolphus Busch, who left Germany for St. Louis 160 years ago.

He tells the story of what was on his mind during a first date when he was in college more than 20 years ago.

When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made.

Her campaign website tells the story of how she worked her way through the ranks in only 15 years, starting as an entry - level employee at AT&T to launching Lucent Technologies, a spin - off of the company.

He lost eight years worth of data and tells the tale in the cover story of Wired magazine's December issue.

Williams tells CNBC Make It that, after he briefly retired for one year in the middle of his playing career, «the story was «football player retires to go smoke pot.»»

As famous for his death - defying stunts as for successfully running hundreds of companies over the past 50 years, Richard Branson has one of the best stories in business — which he tells in his new book, Finding My Virginity.

«Often we tell the story that in the last 30 years, extreme poverty has halved, but in some ways, I think that masks the present reality of suffering for so many people living in extreme poverty.

Summary:» «Sweetbitter» tells the story of Tess (Ella Purnell), a 22 - year - old who arrives in New York City ready to pursue a new life.

In order to tell that story for Canada's 150th year, our Government will continue efforts to solve one of the most enduring mysteries of our past.

You've seen the statistics that ominously warn of the failure rate within the first year of business, and while the stats don't necessarily tell the whole story, there's no doubt that making it through your first year is no cake walk.

The striking thing is the extent to which Summers has been sheltered over the years in the telling of the story.

The year culminated in a wide - ranging exploration of the trials and tribulations of Generation Rent, a series that provided space for renters, from the most vulnerable to the middle class, to tell their own stories.

For the next ten years, Carmine held workshops and one - on - one sessions with hundreds of C - suite executives, general managers, directors and engineers to help them craft and tell the Intel brand story.

Though, the numbers tell that story too: It reported first - half profits last year of $ 273 million on revenue of $ 2.03 billion.

It's when you proudly tell your company's origin story on stage... while omitting the first three years of failures and pivots that led to today's «explosive growth.»

The PowerShares DB Base Metal ETF, which holds copper, zinc and aluminum futures contracts, tells the story of a market under pressure — it's been slowly descending for over a year.

I can tell you for sure that people on parties will be more interested in the guy who says «I have made $ 5,000 with Bitcoin in the last year» then your story of buying a share of Johnson & Johnson and have a very safe dividend that will be increased every year like the last 55 consecutive years.

-- 1968, The Year That Rocked the World, by Mark Kurlansky, which tells the story of the Vietnam protests and the assassinations of Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr..

Emil Michael, who in the fall of that year suggested that the personal information of journalists who weren't supportive of Uber be investigated, three weeks ago told a former girlfriend of CEO Travis Kalanick that she should sanitize the story of the outing, according to a report Friday in The Information.

Gather around, children, and let me tell you a story of Facebook advertising in the long - forgotten year of 2012.

Throughout the years, films, books, songs, games and more have told the story of the men who heroically died there defending the mission against the -LSB-...]

Eli David: Thessaloniki is the most beautiful Greek city with a hilly city center that tells stories going back thousands of years.

The Bible is improtant as it tells the stories of thousands of people over thousands of years trying to understand God.

One of my students, Dash Delehee Dondokov from Mongolia, told the class a story about when he was 12 years old.

Don't tell me the story written at least 30 years AFTER his death is your evidence... any records of the trial, crucifixion, birth records?

Many years ago I was added to the listserve for a group of Evangelical pastors, though not a pastor myself, and one day one of them asked the group about using stories or quotes in sermons without telling their people they were using them, that is, presenting the stories as their own stories and the quotes as their own creation.

Having been raised catholic, I can tell you that there's a cycle of good stories they rotate through every 4 years, leaving out some of the beautiful goodies that would make you think you were reading some kind of bible fan fiction (for bible fan fiction, look up the apocrypha).

«These funds will help us tell more of the story of our multi-cultural city through the eyes of its principal church and those who have worshipped here across the years.

The same person who started Mormonism as a convicted fraud who told a story about using a black hat and a magic rock to translate the Book of Mormon, the world's most perfect book that has had 3000 corrects had two 14 year old wives.