Search Details

Word: heavensent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

No matter how powerful humankind thinks itself to be, the forces of nature have a way of asserting themselves, bringing with them both awe and terror. Fires and floods, tornadoes and droughts--all provide startling images that remind us of the power of the natural world. By comparison, our own...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Natural World | 12/18/2002 | See Source »

Even the very young are being led into religious instruction through play. At St. Simon's Episcopal Church in Conyers, Ga., toddlers have their own altar, at which they can practice setting up for church services with small candles, prayer books and Bibles. In a Bible lesson on Creation, they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Funday School | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

With this ten-issue series of "Promethea" Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, et. al, have transcended the dull routine of ordinary comicbooks, just as the heroine transcends the lowest "sephiroths" of the Kabbalah. Through ingenuity of form and a willingness to travel to new places, "Promethea" reaches for the heavens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pow! Biff! Enlightenment! | 11/22/2002 | See Source »

She might be right. Within 15 minutes of my first fireball sighting, thunderhead clouds that had been threatening ominously suddenly bore down with full force. The heavens opened, and fierce gusts of wind turned the rain horizontal. At Wat Paa Luang, the fireballs were forgotten in the stampede for shelter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind the Secret of the Naga's Fire | 11/17/2002 | See Source »

Re your "Green Century" special issue [Special Report, Aug. 26]: I was born and raised in the tropical forests of Nigeria. I remember going to farm with my father during school vacations. How I loved the enchanting wildness of the forest--the giant trees that reached to the heavens; the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 7, 2002 | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

Previous | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | Next