Sentences with phrase «upon decades ago»

It made me think of the effect seeing Toyo Ito's Tokyo building, Egg of Wind (left), had upon me a decade ago - containment, energy, boom (so different from what that would look like in, say, a Roy Lichtenstein.)

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It is also the logical culmination of a process that began some decades ago when the Court untethered itself from the text of the Constitution and began to sit like an omniscient council of elders uniquely empowered to intuit and act upon the aspirations of the people.

It was written more than a decade ago, when theologians in different parts of the world were first realizing the depths of the crisis inflicted upon earth by...

At the same time, I did hear a pastor prophesy about a decade ago for churches to start building because we were heading for this time where all our culture has put their collective faith into will fail to fulfil them and they will come banging upon the doors of churches that are alive and vibrant.

It was written more than a decade ago, when theologians in different parts of the world were first realizing the depths of the crisis inflicted upon earth by human exploitation.

Failure upon failure and, really, my cat could make a better job of managing our former honourable and well run club (a decade and more ago).

I have lost faith in Wenger for the whole of the last decade and his legacy - built largely upon what George Graham left him in defence - has long ago been tarnished and ruined, for me at least.

«Inspired by our quest to constantly improve crib mattress safety and comfort, we made a conscious decision to push the boundaries of design and construction,» said Alan Wolkin, president of Colgate Mattress Atlanta Corp. «Colgate was the first company to introduce the 2 - in - 1 crib mattress more than four decades ago, so it made sense to challenge ourselves to improve upon a concept that new moms love.»

Almost all southern right whale calves off the coast of Argentina's Peninsula Valdez are being fed upon, some fatally, by kelp gulls, which was a rare occurrence four decades ago

As we noted Saturday, Endo hit upon a fungus four decades ago that inhibited the production of reductase, an enzyme that helps synthesize heart - clogging cholesterol.

Once upon a time, three or four decades ago, the turf industry had no niches.

But even after building upon things that they discovered a decade ago, they never get bored.

About a decade ago, Emory researchers stumbled upon fluciclovine's utility with prostate cancer, while investigating its activity in a patient who appeared to have renal cancer, according to radiologist David Schuster, who has led several clinical studies testing fluciclovine.

The World's End finds a group of friends trying to finally complete an epic pub crawl that they first attempted two decades ago; along the way, they learn that the fate of the entire world could hinge upon their success.

During his brief appearance, the writer - director drops the N - word multiple times, which drew a significant amount of criticism upon the film's release two decades ago.

That was more than a decade ago — and Hardy's first inkling that the low - budget movie he starred in decades ago had found an audience beyond the stoned teens who stumbled upon it on TV late at night.

Few people would have predicted it a decade ago, upon seeing the first Twilight movie, but Stewart and Pattinson have both, separately, become two of the most interesting actors of their generation.

The New York Performance Standards Consortium was founded two decades ago on the belief that there was a better way to assess student learning than dependence upon standardized testing.

What we should do instead is expand upon the accountability measures set in place a decade ago under No Child — and provide families with the data they need (including, contrary to the assertions of our friend, Andy Rotherham, value - added data on teacher performance) so they can make smart choices and spur systemic reform.

What it didn't lose is what made it so celebrated upon debuting nearly three decades ago: nimble, zesty driving manners that can't help making anyone with a pulse smile.

Also, the very definition of classic paints a picture of cars from an era when F1 was in its origins such as in the 1950s or at the very least decades ago between the 1960s and 1980s or alternatively teams that were established and well respected that are no longer in F1 within the season the game is based upon including Alfa Romeo, Brabham and the classic Lotus which participated from 1958 to 1994; yet having a car from the 2010 season seems in total conflict with that very notion, regardless of it being a championship winning car.

When Mickalene Thomas was at Yale a little over a decade ago to get her MFA, she had already landed upon her subject matter: identity and representation of the self, channeled through the ideas of artists like Cindy Sherman and Adrian Piper as well as the outsize personae of figures like Mary J. Blige, Donna Summer, and Eartha Kitt.

Decades ago, de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, and others had broke upon the world with a savage wit and a ruthless new formalism.

A few decades ago, it was common that the format of any job application would depend upon the list of occupations.