Word: monolithism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...divisions that do exist, usually quietly and below the surface, of the 65 million-strong Evangelical community. It is a reminder that this group, so often labeled the "religious right", is diverse both in theology and methodology. The church is in fact many churches, this bloc is no monolith, and this argument, says Ted Haggard, president of the National Association of Evangelicals, "shows we're still all very human...
...popular style and the limiting technology of the day. His scenes of grandeur are framed in a manner similar to those that would make him famous—but they are presented with too much contrast and a washed-out sky.Then at last one comes to “Monolith: The Face of Half Dome, 1927,” which the museum bills as Adams’ great revelation. It’s in this photograph, the exhibit says, that Adams first used his technique of “pre-visualization,” through which he captured and predicted...
...That, says one source close to the CEO, "got Fu's attention, absolutely." For all the efforts of those opposed to CNOOC to portray it as part of a government monolith immune to commercial pressures, Fu and his managers have run one of the most transparent?and shareholder-friendly?companies in the new China. It stung when the largest private shareholder dumped its stake and publicly decried the possibility of a deal. Facts on the ground were piling up, and soon Fu began to prepare his retreat...
...drink and watch the sun set over the Simpson Desert. The bathroom is a corrugated-iron extension at the rear of the tent, and features a stylish, freestanding bathtub open to the sky. Excursions include visits to rock art and fossil sites and to Chambers Pillar, a sandstone monolith 40 km away. There are also hunting tours, where tribal elders instruct you in the gathering of "bush tucker"?local foods like grubs and wild plants. Meanwhile, at Titjikala's art center, guests can meet local artists as they busily transmute the desert's vivid colors into pieces destined...
...entered the glass monolith at 1818 H Street NW on the first day of my job, I realized that “the Bank” was not going to be the spartan catharsis I had anticipated. This was something I should have realized when I was arbitrarily told a month before my job started that my salary was being boosted from $8 per hour to $11.15 per hour...