Sentences with phrase «upon a story about»

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That's why it's especially encouraging for me to occasionally stumble upon a story worth sharing that suggests there are still people in our business who actually give a damn about the things that really matter.

He sees it as a quintessential Gawker story — entirely true, about a celebrity who peddled a false narrative but brought public attention upon himself, and involving sex.

BUILDING ON BEDROCK: What Sam Walton, Walt Disney, and Other Great Self - Made Entrepreneurs Can Teach Us About Building Valuable Companies For founders and investors — based upon research, and told through the stories of famous and not - so - famous American entrepreneurs.

Benoit told Marketing N / A was inspired by the level of transparency McDonald's showed with «Our Food, Your Questions» and shared an idea on how it could build upon the campaign with authentic stories about McDonald's.

In the presentation, I mentioned that upon reading the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho for myself, I realized it was a story about genocide, with God commanding Joshua to kill every man, woman, and child in the city for the sole purpose of acquiring land.

I thought the same thing, and upon reading the whole thing, i learned that this was a book about the OT law, and also priests, as well as the account of the festival calenders and the main heritage story of prophetic foreshadowing of the New Covenant, a better covenant.

Frei calls upon the Christian community to regain «its autonomous vocation as a religion» by telling its distinctive stories about how God worked in the life of Israel, and God's self - revelation in the life of Jesus Christ.

but on the third day using his Power of Resurrection rose from the dead to claim his seat next to God in heaven, I mean next to himself since he was also God and then told the masses that he died for their sins, though oddly enough being God he could have simply absolved them of their sins and he really didn't die because he lives and is coming back to judge man based upon the original sins... but not sure if that would work since man can clearly kill a God with wood and nails... I know, I know confusing and likely to be labeled heresy... but debates about nomenclature and religion... i mean story telling... just don't mix.

The story goes on over and over since Adam and Eve about this stubborn nature to insist upon my way not Yahweh

Why not tell the story about «a man» and upon its conclusion the congregation may say to themselves, «that man is a genuine Christian».

One may certainly refrain from insisting, as some Jewish leaders have, upon mandated Holocaust studies in the public school curriculum: for many people, such «mandates» might appear as an effort to establish the passion of the Jews as the larger culture's defining story, thus, ironically, giving plausibility to anti-Semitic claims about Jewish power.

he responded to that ironic question with a story about a man set upon by thieves and left beside the road.

In the very speech in which he spoke about the «City upon a hill,» Winthrop qualified it by cautioning that «if we shall deal falsely with our God in this work we have undertaken, and so cause him to withdraw his present help from us, we shall be made a story and a byword throughout the world.»

Upon closer inspection, however, I notice that this parable is just one in a long line of stories that Jesus tells about how to handle wealth.

This is a truth impressed upon us through stories in scripture about women like Ruth & Naomi and Mary & Martha.

Chances are you are fiscally conservative, and I may not totally agree with you on all things, but at least you are not trying to impose rules upon me based on a pre-scientific method story about how the world began.

Product 360 provides the opportunity to attach product information, brand videos, interesting facts and background stories to a product's barcode, as a way of creating consumer awareness and teaching consumers about the product / brand upon scanning a barcode.

We are talking about rumours that are fuelled by the press, who write story upon story.

Tom Verducci's story about the Giants and their second World Series win in three years (Upon the Shoulders of Giants) was such a refreshing read.

We brought Sohi on the podcast to talk about the reporting of that story, the reaction from Wade's teammates upon his return, and whether Wade can conjure up another magical moment.

Upon being told that SI was doing a story on campus gambling, Jahoda said, «It's about time.

She had been reading stories online of adoptive parents that lied to birth mothers about the agreed upon degree of openness.

After overhearing his co-workers on the TV show «Once Upon a Time in Wonderland» tell ridiculous stories about daycare, Shapiro figured comedy + babies = viral + White House invite.

The content of the group meetings is based on the stories young fathers share about their everyday lives — the challenges they face, the strengths and resources they draw upon — interspersed with:

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Yet we've all heard horror stories about parents who have had to endure weeks upon weeks of all - night screamfests.

It was a week or so after I had brought trouble upon myself by publishing a story about a Ford Expedition «gift» a contractor who had been awarded government of Ghana contracts gave to the President of Ghana.

And the story we tell about ourselves reflects the ancient tradition of «once upon a time things were bad, and now they're good thanks to our party» or «once upon a time things were good, but now they're bad thanks to the other party.»

As it happened, I'd written a science fiction story that seemed like it might fit — it was about a couple of researchers working in a dusty lab who stumble upon a universal cure for cancer (you remember I said science fiction, right?)

My research indicates that the Siberian peat moss, Arctic tundra, and methal hydrates (frozen methane at the bottom of the ocean) all have an excellent chance of melting and releasing their stored co2.Recent methane concentration figures also hit the news last week, and methane has increased after a long time being steady.The forests of north america are drying out and are very susceptible to massive insect infestations and wildfires, and the massive die offs - 25 % of total forests, have begun.And, the most recent stories on the Amazon forecast that with the change in rainfall patterns one third of the Amazon will dry and turn to grassland, thereby creating a domino cascade effect for the rest of the Amazon.With co2 levels risng faster now that the oceans have reached carrying capacity, the oceans having become also more acidic, and the looming threat of a North Atlanic current shutdown (note the recent terrible news on salinity upwelling levels off Greenland,) and the change in cold water upwellings, leading to far less biomass for the fish to feed upon, all lead to the conclusion we may not have to worry about NASA completing its inventory of near earth objects greater than 140 meters across by 2026 (Recent Benjamin Dean astronomy lecture here in San Francisco).

Also, if any of you listeners have any followup questions, comments, things you want us to talk about and expand upon from any previous episodes: home birth stories, interviews with experts or any of our solo chats, please please please reach out so we can address it on the show!

Once upon a time I read a little story about timing.

Loyal Instagram followers have seen me dipping in the ocean in Jonathan Simkhai's new swimwear collection on the Bahamas, and Insta - stories revealed the lovely flu I got upon arrival back home — oh and let's not forget about the horrible trip to get to the Bahamas and back... I documented that in great detail on Insta - stories too!

Once upon a Fashion Week, a young woman spent the day with the loveliest Chanel US team; they went to see the Chanel Haute Couture Fall 2017 show, they had brunch in one of those cute little French restaurants only a local would know about, and shopped the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen... Finishing the day with getting ready for the launch party of the newest Chanel fragrance... Go in and scroll down to see the whole story!

The other night at my local wine bar, I made the acquaintance of a woman who, upon learning about my job as an online dating coach, was very eager to tell the story of her and her husband, she whom met on Match.com eight years ago.

Loving, caring and simple «Happiness depends upon ourselves.Maybe it's not about the happy ending, maybe it's about the story.

The story, based upon the novel by Elfriede Jelinek, is about Erika Kohut (Huppert), a French piano instructor in the Viennese Konservatorium der Stadt Wien.

The brutal dilemmas faced by the characters mirror various stories in the Old Testament about individuals being called upon to commit murder in the name of justice and righteousness.

The story, about a man who is kidnapped and held captive for two decades and seeks revenge upon his sudden release, is very similar to the original, but just different enough to keep fans guessing; Lee has suggested that his film has an even darker ending than Park's.

While the film touches upon its various political and cultural issues (In addition to the give - and - take relationships between reporters and politicians, there's a lot about the overt and subtle sexism that Kat receives as the first and, at the time, only woman serving a newspaper publisher), the film plays mostly and best as a race - against - the - clock thriller of sorts, in which the obstacles are as imposing as the might of the U.S. government and as low - key as deadlines or being beaten to a story by a rival paper.

Gillespie smartly uses the known and builds upon it with context and some style, using «modern day» Tonya, Jeff and LaVona among others as interview subjects for a documentary of sorts that frames the film, but also has the characters speak into the camera in non-interview segments to help give Tonya some humanity, or at least make sure you have a better idea about all of her story and life coming out and you did going in.

A total waste, the dumbest film of the year, James Gray wrote a story about the war upon night, and many clubs and characters.

Where «Roots» and «Roots: The Next Generations» were extensive studies on, not one character, but a series of members in a bloodline that spans about a century or so, this series centers around one character, thus the unevenness that plagued this series» sisters has been thinned out tremendously, though unfortunately still not quite to the point of dissipation, because as generally comfortable as this story's flow is, Halle Berry's titular Queen Jackson character extensively faces several dynamic events and characters, yet still doesn't take the time that it should to meditate upon the full exposition and depth of this story's range, thus leaving certain key story aspects to come off as unnecessary and, of course, supplementary to focal inconsistency.

Can we blame them, really, upon knowing the story, as it goes on, is in essence less about them and more about their next bedroom trick?

Crackling drama about TV reporter (Jane Fonda) investigating a coverup at a faulty nuclear reactor, and pressing upon conflicted technician played by the first - rate Jack Lemmon to go public with the story.

«Mud,» written and directed by Jeff Nichols («Take Shelter»), is ostensibly an adventure story about two teenage boys who stumble upon a charismatic outlaw on an island in Dewitt, Ark., but it's also a very specific type of coming - of - age story.

The project began when author, journalist, television veteran, and filmmaker David Stenn was working on a book about star Jean Harlow, who died mysteriously at 26, and stumbled upon the story of Patricia Douglas, a Douglas with a much more tragic relationship to the film industry than Last Vegas star Michael.

Such rules would normally be frowned upon (and even ignored by many), but in fact, this film does such a masterful job of paying homage to the first, while enhancing the characters and story, that we are eager for every viewer to experience it with fresh eyes and clear mind... no matter how tempting it is to talk about!

The Strange Journey will take you through a fundamentally fascinating story about human nature, free will, gods, and an increasingly relevant conversation about stewardship of the planet, if you're able to trek through the game's dated user interface and pages upon pages of text.