Sentences with phrase «very challenging story»

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«Not blind optimism, not one that ignores the scale and scope of our challenges, but that hard - earned optimism, that's rooted in the stories of very real progress that have occurred throughout human history.»

«Last year they were somewhat challenged by the outflow story, so they underperformed peers, but we continue to be very positive on them long - term.»

Pedigree of Atheistic and Creationist Philosophy of Science Ambiguous A very positive review in the science journal Nature affirms that the new book Worlds before Adam, by the «influential historian of Earth Science» Martin Rudwick, «challenges the view that geology's development is a story of secular progress.

In time their stories and words are co-opted back into the very tradition they exposed and challenged and lose their potency.

Only an hour before, in the twilight of the Sabbath, when the day's holiness is prolonged into the weekdays that follow, I had discoursed on the Torah reading of the week, Numbers 13 - 14, the story of the scouts sent to evaluate the land of Canaan, who report that the land is very good but the challenge of its inhabitants is overwhelming.

And then last week, while we were on vacation in Maine, I watched Laurel tackle three challenges for the first time: she jumped off a jetty intro frigid water, scaled a rock wall (almost to the very top... her burning forearms were the only reason she didn't keep climbing), and maneuvered a towering, three - story rope obstacle course, including a zip line from the third story.

Besides, she adds, it's hard for very young kids to follow the story of a feature - length film, and this can make the challenge of sitting still for two hours even greater.

One of the many challenges of birth sessions is getting enough good shots that tell the complete story of the day, mainly because your window of opportunity can be very small.

Filled with personal stories and real - life examples, it's a book that current and prospective adoptive parents are sure to find very beneficial and challenging.

There are many different examples of incredible stories on my blog from mothers who have overcome very intense breastfeeding challenges.

What a great story of being successful under very challenging conditions.

«Asking her to go to court to prove that she was coerced is a very challenging thing for [my daughter] to do,» said «Jonesie,» a mom whose daughter is a survivor of sex trafficking and whose story was featured in The Post's recent investigation.

«I have been very open about the challenges that I have put behind me to bring me to this point; and neither Tim nor I will ever be less than honest about our life stories.»

That's an example of the simplification: Give me easy answers, simple stories, rather than challenging me with very tough issues.

Though the story is rooted in science fiction, it does tackle a very real challenge: How do you communicate with someone — or how do you learn that individual's language — when you have no intermediary language in common?

Not only because I can be a bit chronologically challenged (and sometimes can't recall what is an actual memory versus one I've created from stories I've been told), but mostly because it's a bit of a mystery what very early memories are still tucked away.

Detention is not the most challenging adventure game out there, and the interactivity does wane a little towards the end in, but overall it is a solid Point and Click Horror game that delivers a compelling story and glimpse into a very real, and dark, period of history.

Forster, whose Monster's Ball (2001) won Halle Berry a best actress Oscar, said: «I have always been drawn to different kinds of stories and I have also always been a Bond fan, so it is very exciting to take on this challenge.»

When my husband, Kumail Nanjiani, and I set out to form our own courtship into a screenplay that became «The Big Sick,» our challenges reminded me of my therapy days: How do we take a very specific and unusual set of experiences and tell a story that other people can connect with?

Rather than showcase a tired cradle - to - grave life story, The End of the Tour hones in on a very exacting intersection between the two strong personalities and, for it, provides a ready tome of legitimate emotional and intellectual depth set to challenge ideas of friendship.

Elena Anayas also impresses in a very challenging performance both physically and emotionally, both of which are perfectly effective as her story unfolds.

Ori and the Blind Forest throws devilishly difficult platforming challenges at you, along with a beautiful opening sequence that gets across a heartbreaking story in very few words.

It's a very tough movie to watch (it's violent, intense, unbelievably sad and even infuriating at times), but like the crime novel at the center of the story, it demonstrates the power that a great piece of fiction can have on you, even one as polarizing and challenging as this.

AWFJ Narrative Jurors MaryAnn Johanson (Chair), Beth Hanna, Katherine Brodsky, Monika Bartyzel, Julide Tanriverdi and Laurie Coker commended the film for its «smart and sophisticated screenplay and beautifully sensitive cinematography that give us intimate access to the interwoven stories of several delightfully quirky and very engaging characters as they struggle to express their true identities and realize their dreams in a world rife with alienating challenges.

His story is about establishing trust and relationships in this challenging context, and it is very clear that he is indeed having an impact on learning.

In this 55 - minute episode, Annie shares her inspiring story, the exact process she used to write and publish the series, the assumptions she challenged to relaunch her author business, and plenty of very specific sales information.

Published in 2002, it was a collection of nine different stories, each one about a female character who confronts the author's trademark mix of challenging plot twists and some very untrustworthy people, according to the book's review at Amazon.

Three women face three very different holiday challenges in the short story collection Scenes from a Holiday.

In his recent hub titled «Extremely Short Flash Fiction: Three Stories by cam» Chris Mills issued a challenge for other hubbers to attempt to write some very very short sStories by cam» Chris Mills issued a challenge for other hubbers to attempt to write some very very short storiesstories.

There is a marketing challenge here: You're not just selling a book to romance customers, you're selling a short story specifically to the very few romance readers who want to read a short story.

Self - publishing is very different from traditional publishing, and to give authors confidence I challenge them to write and self - publish a short story, or a short nonfiction book, of between 5,000 and 10,000 words, in a week.

No matter how experienced an investor you are, a blind / mystery stock challenge is a useful demonstration that a simple unbiased analysis of the numbers can present a very different story (vs. the one you hear presented by management & shareholders).

There are no difficulty levels, although the difficulty curve provides a challenge from the very beginning as you will have to learn all of the little tricks in combat to be able to defeat another Exo - Rig before gaining enough tech scrap to upgrade the quality of your power core, weaponry, abilities and armour which are all essential to any genuine progress in the story as enemy Exo - Rigs quickly improve in their respective weaponry, armour, speed and abilities that will put your Exo - Rig on the back foot without a significant upgrade on a regular basis.

Whereas most comedy games go for outright parody, Lunar treats its story and character challenges very seriously... and then throws in fun, quirky characters and silly jokes here and there.

Call of Duty: WWII features one of the more difficult Call of Duty story campaigns, and developer Sledgehammer Games has assured us that this heightened challenge was very intentional.

It is very nicely made and I'm looking forward to completing the story and going on to try the challenges.

The story mode doesn't last for very long but there are challenges that make up for it and benefit the survival / start - with - nothing feel.

The adrenaline rush gained from enduring challenging combat scenarios and an evolved nemesis system is unlike anything I've experienced before and I'm very curious to see if the story delivers on that front too.

Basically, in addition to an «easy mode» which makes you massively overpowered in exchange for not being able to complete the bonus challenges / achievements, there's a very welcome option to «skip this section and continue on with the story».

In addition to their own story mode, DLC characters will have their own trials and challenges, as well as additional unlockable costume, plus a very cool little thing we like to call their «minion»:) We treat downloadable characters just like the full fledged on - disc characters.

In this guide, you will, first of all, find a very detailed description of completion all of the main missions for the single player mode, and also of all of the optional tasks and challenges that you receive from people that you meet in the street or unlock yourself.he walkthtough guide for those story missions in GTA 5!

While the story didn't exactly blow me away like I had hoped it would, it was still very enjoyable and uplifting to watch Aloy triumph over the many challenges she faced throughout my time in her shoes.

Alone, I found story missions very challenging — frustratingly so — but in a full group, they were almost too easy.

I discovered that every box I find has a different hue, which is a challenge that I enjoy very much when mixing paint and, that it's wrinkles, tears, stamps and the tape on it tell a story of its life as a box, much like human skin tells it's owners story.

Part of the story here is that it is this very sort of very careful work done by John Kennedy and Phil Jones and other colleagues working on these datasets that has allowed us to start challenging the models and our understanding in such a detailed way — in some ways it is quite remarkable that the observational data is now good enough to identify this level of detail in how the climate varies and changes.

While those who stand in denial of climate change have failed in the last 15 years to produce a single, peer - reviewed scientific journal article that challenges the theory and evidence of human - induced climate change, mainstream media was, until very recently, covering the story (in more than half the cases, according to the academic researchers Boykoff and Boykoff) by quoting one scientist talking about the risks and one purported expert saying that climate change was not happening — or might actually be a good thing.

But that first trip north opened his eyes to the biggest story in human history and sparked a challenge within him that would put his career and his very well - being at risk.

Although every case is a sad story, and it is terribly difficult meeting with parents who have lost a child or an adult who has had life as they knew it changed forever, helping vaccine - injured people obtain compensation from the fund is challenging but very rewarding and interesting work.

But it became clear very quickly that the story was significant, if only for the fact that it reveals some of the challenges still faced by women in the workplace.

With hardware, middleware, and Oracle apps sales all being very challenged, and some new challengers to their database technologies (Hadoop, NoSQL, NewSQL), they had to do something since people are not buying the Exa - system message or story.