Sentence examples for statements in the history from inspiring English sources

The black-gloved fists of the athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos rose above the fold of the International Herald Tribune's edition of October 18 , 1968 as the newspaper covered one of the most iconic statements in the history of the civil rights movement.

"The naked woman," said the architect Adolf Loos, "is unattractive to man". It is one of the more striking statements in the history of architectural writing, and one that may not seem to have much to do with architecture, but it is part of a theory that has done much to shape the buildings of the past 100 years.

"Governor Hickenlooper's statement today ranks as one of the most hypocritical statements in the history of politics," Tvert said.

April 12 , 2015will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the boldest statements in the history of the storied Toronto Maple Leafs franchise.

David Pirie, who wrote extensively and enthusiastically about the film in his 1973 book A Heritage of Horror, reviewed the film in 1971 for Time Out, commenting: "... one of the most personal and mature statements in the history of British cinema .

Mason Tvert, co-director of the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol -- the organization behind Amendment 64 -- had strong words for the governor: "Governor Hickenlooper's statement today ranks as one of the most hypocritical statements in the history of politics," Tvert said.

There's no more powerful public statement in the history of modern art than the foundation of the Vienna Secession, with Klimt as its first president, in 1897.

In February of this year, over 3,300 economists from across the U.S. signed the Economists' Statement on Carbon Dividends, making it the largest public statement in the history of the economics profession.

If someone told me not all that long ago that I would be a yoga teacher, vegan, aspiring Krishna devotee and into clean living, not only would I have laughed, but I would have thought this to be the most absurd and asinine statement in the history of statements, and a whole bunch of absolute "nevers".

While 2015 was a year of debate, discussion, and social change, it was also a year filled with some of the most controversial political statements made in the history of this country.

Loose general statements in the legislative history to which the Government points seem directed mainly toward the 'discretionary function' exemption of § 2680 and are not persuasive.