Sentences with phrase «which glimmer»

That contrasts sharply with other ephemeral events at similar altitudes, which glimmer into being when electrical current travels upward from lightning clouds at altitudes of about 10 km.

The city, which was founded after the Spanish conquest, has attractive old buildings that include churches, convents, and colonial homes — some of these are constructed from white sillar stone, which glimmers in the sun.

At the same time, however, the work's palette tantalisingly evokes the Annunciation after Titian series, executed the same year, in which glimmers of tangible reality lurk seductively beneath the blurred swathes of paint.

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Finally, on Feb. 26, 2014, Penney reported its first glimmer of good news: increases in same - store sales for the first time in two years, up 2 % over the prior year's fourth quarter (which, let's not forget, was down 32 %).

Yet if talks succeed, European sources say there is a glimmer of hope for the double - deck jet, which Airbus says will become more popular with airlines due to congestion.

El Puente, a Latino organization based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that focuses on social justice, education and climate change issues, has raised enough money to purchase thousands of lanterns — which Puerto Ricans on the island view as a glimmer of hope to help guide them through the dark.

The details offered a brief glimmer of a sprawling inauguration, full of the kind of showmanship for which Mr. Trump is famous, that could shake up what has become a relatively predictable affair for recent presidents.

For to Jews the Holocaust is not an event to read about in a few books, or to remember on a few special occasions; it is for them to confront, to agonize over, to reject and resist, to search deeply and widely for a glimmer of hope - all this with a view to a Jewish self - understanding, of which an essential part is being heir of the murdered millions, the remnant of the catastrophe.

Fantasy is a pleasant distraction, and sometimes daydreaming even produces ideas which bring solid results, but to live there in that fantasy world, with no evidence of any glimmer of reality to it, just doesn't work.

While it is easiest to grasp the prius of creativity - esse in the human case, a process metaphysics sees at least a faint glimmer of subjectivity (which for process thinkers does not imply consciousness!)

the sun lights the days nicely, while the moon glimmers in the night sweetly and the clouds bring forth rain to water our crops, which bring forth food in your stomach?

At last I perceived a beam of light glimmering at time top of the house (for such I may call the body I had been inclosed in), whither ascending, I gently let myself» down through a kind of chimney, and issued out at the nostrils as the window was wide open, I sallied forth into the open air: but, to my great astonishment, found myself unable to fly, which I had always during my habitation in the body conceived of spirits; however, I came so lightly to the ground that I did not hurt myself and, though I had not the gift of flying (owing probably to my having neither feathers nor wings), I was capable of hopping such a prodigious way at once, that it served my turn almost as well.

Then there are the good games which gives you that glimmer of hope but I learn that these too are treacherous.

My only glimmer of hope (and it's about a 0.1 % chance), is that Wenger leaves, we get in top class manager like Simeone asap, which might give us a slight chance of keeping Sanchez, as long as he signs a new contract.

The eighteen year old was summoned from the bench and scored a memorable goal to give us a glimmer of hope for the second - leg, which of course was to provide our first trophy for seventeen years.

Despite glimmers of promise in Blackburn's opening three league encounters, Rovers still find themselves nursing similar problems to last term, which was their failure to convert valiant and industrious displays into points.

The precision with which the visiting Hammers had punished Town had been a tremendous shock to the system, but nevertheless the home side kept pushing forward in search of that elusive glimmer of hope to spark an unlikely comeback.

Last weekend, Tottenham suffered a humiliating defeat away to Manchester City which end ang glimmer of hope they had of challenging for the title.

If there is a glimmer of hope for Labour, it is that the recent polls, which showed them at real risk of losing their grip on Wales, turned out to be bleaker than reality.

The one glimmer of hope for Ken is transport, which is the only issue on which he leads Boris in terms of trust.

Several lawmakers said there was at least a glimmer of hope that they could win the commissioner's support for some police reform bills they have pushed, but which he and the mayor have, thus far, resisted.

But for New Jersey's substantial scientific labor force, which has been devastated by large pharma industry layoffs, this is at least a glimmer of light.

With HIV, progress has been slow, but we have a glimmer of hope now from the so - called RV144 trial in Thailand, in which an experimental HIV vaccine turned out to be about 30 percent effective.

This uptick was preceded by a glimmer of hope from a CGS report released last November (Science, 11 November 2005, p. 957), which found a 1 % increase in international student enrollment in graduate programs at U.S. universities.

There was a glimmer of hope for the environment in the session on Green Chemistry, which described how chemists in academia and industry are moving toward «cleaner techniques» aimed at minimising waste and environmental damage.

Then they used an advanced nano 3D printer to print off several highly - detailed scales with different properties from the spider's scales to determine which ones created the iridescent glimmer.

I fell in love with the golden glimmer on this bronzy gloss, which is sheer but still feels vibrant.

The Glimmer palette features 12 shades which match the original shades from the first palette.

I loved the statement ring which crawled up my finger and glimmered in photos, but was also subtle enough to fade a bit into the background.

They also are active in a charity called Project Glimmer, which I love.

Something like this clean gold bar necklace is a great substitute (I appreciate that AUrate pieces are solid gold, which I splash out for when I can), which is the kind of piece it's great to layer but which I also love alone, a slight glimmer to draw attention to the throat and collarbone, accessories in themselves.

The first item showcased here is the Jon Richard Green Stone and Diamante drop necklace which is glimmering with sophistication.

It is an adventure in some way out of time, which retains a glimmer of distant memories.

That's a good description of the final film — one in which you can see glimmers of the Shane Black script underneath (hardboiled characters, snappy dialogue, bursts of shocking violence, a Christmas setting) but surrounded by a lot of unnecessary bullshit to the point where you can almost feel the egos of the movie superheating the frame and melting away what was once originally there.

A scene featuring a deranged Anna Faris playing herself got most of the attention, but it's cross-cut with an even funnier moment: Keegan - Michael Key sitting in his minivan with some hardcore killers, trying — successfully, as it turns out — to convince them that George Michael is truly «O.G.» It's the sort of sublimely ridiculous moment that makes you wish these guys hadn't needed to expend their brainpower on coming up with a story for Keanu, which suffers when it tries to further its own silly plot but glimmers when it just lets its stars get silly.

Whatever can be said about Gods of Egypt, there are brief glimmers of visual splendor to be found among the often distracting green screen sequences, which are further marred by cardboard cutout - level 3D post-processing.

Only the film's supporting cast — which includes such dependable character actors as Pam Grier, John Cleese, Burt Young, Jay Mohr, Joe Pantoliano, and Luis Guzmán — provides the faintest glimmer of hope.

It's easy to lose sight of the truth which has always been such: while a glimmer of hope survives, so do we.

However, Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe will oversee the production, which should give a small glimmer of hope the core first - person shooter gameplay elements will remain intact.

The film includes three musical numbers, which show glimmers of inspiration.

I haven't yet written that best - selling novel which will miraculously change the face of modern literature and let me retire early, but I like to think I show an occasional glimmer of writing skill.

While I see glimmers of hope in persistently underperforming cities like Detroit and Cleveland, I don't see the same for Philadelphia, which may now, sadly, have the most distressing American urban system of schools.

If you were not at Quinnipiac University (in Connecticut) tonight to hear Diane Ravitch speak about our continuing battle to beat back the corporate education reform industry and re-take control of our nation's public education system then you not only missed an extraordinary speech, but you also failed to experience the hope that comes with seeing the glimmer of light which serves to push back the shadows associated with these dark times.

After the last glimmer of sunlight disappears and the cameras are stowed in the BMW's trunk, we set off in our roadster duo on A-375, which wends, bends, and sweeps through thirty deserted miles of national forest.

The daytime low - beam lights, consisting of a row of white light - emitting diodes, which appear to have a light blue glimmer, also originate from production.

Katherine from BookPromotion.com posted a piece called, «Hate As A Marketing Tool,» which doesn't actually tout the benefits of venomous reviews, but does offer authors who've received negative critiques at least a glimmer of hope as to why negative reviews actually benefit an author.

The one glimmer of hope is Amazon, who have been hiring executives at a new Chinese plant to manufacture Liquavista color panels, which are ideal for e-readers.

John Banville won the Man Booker Prize for his latest novel, The Sea, and today you can read The Infinities — which BookPage columnist Robert Weibezahl describes as «a glimmering world that hovers between the lives of humans and the manipulations of the playful Olympian gods, exploring deep and ageless themes of love, loss and the meaning of time.»

Rather, they speak to the tenacity and strength in which the faintest glimmer of hope is enough to keep both the reader and the characters moving forward.

There has been an interesting development for UK Kindle fans, user TadW on MobileRead forums stumbled upon an article in the London Evening Standard which reviewed the Kindle, whilst the review offers nothing new in terms of information, there was a glimmer of hope for a UK autumn release date.