Microcosm
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31 examples of Microcosm in a sentence
And it's a kind of
microcosm
of the globalized world.
And I reminded myself a couple hours in, you know, the sport is sort of a
microcosm
of life itself.
This would be a
microcosm
of society.
And this
microcosm
would simulate how we would all think, if we had the time, the information and a good process to come to the moral crux of political decisions.
But in 1492, the New World was discovered, horizons were expanding, and this little 133 by 46-foot
microcosm
had to expand as well.
I felt, wow, this is like a
microcosm
of my life.
Now that's a
microcosm
of a much bigger problem.
The trajectory of the figures' lives is presented to us as a
microcosm
mirroring the historical trajectory of America's teens through prohibition and its spoils, ending with the (arguable) ruin of its moribund central figures (save Deborah- a make up department fumble or intentional one wonders).
While I do understand that Mr. Forman was relating in the
microcosm
of the tragedy of Ines' life the devastation of the world at that time, I was left feeling that there was just so much of Goya left out, so much of his humanity.
I get it the Diehl character is s'posed to be a
microcosm
of America itself - seeing Arab terrorists under every rock, only to find out at the end that it's his own actions all along that got him into that siege state and truly if he practices good-will to all men everything will be rainbows and lollipops.
Much is made of the "warship as a
microcosm
of British Society"theme,and the crew largely comprises of the usual cheery cockneys,canny northerners etc.without whom no war can be fought.They spend most of their time on board smoking,moaning about Lord Haw Haw and getting blown up.
So yes,we do have a
microcosm
of British society here,but perhaps not in the way the makers of "In which we serve" intended.
The perfect
microcosm
is where one of the principle characters follows a Cambodian priest through the water to get to the secret place where the hieroglyphics (or whatever) that explain how to turn people into zombies is kept.
A great thing about this film is that it's a wonderful representation of a
microcosm
of todays society.
I love Europe: it is the cultural cradle of our planet; it is a
microcosm
of our planet; it has the greatest mixture of cultures and languages of the entire planet.
In this movie, Paris is basically a typical Third World nation in microcosm: You have a charismatic dictator (the Mayor) surrounded by yes-men and flunkies, an economy that has no real industry as such and forced to take "foreign aid" any way it can, a populace who is so dependent on the dictator's policies that it will support them whatever the moral cost--and not challenge him when times go bad, and the army (the kids with the hot rod cars) who do the dirty work but don't share the benefits and have no future.
The training sequence, a staple of the "fighting tournament" B-movie, is a perfect
microcosm
of how the movie is as a whole; shabby, questionable in logic and technique, sparse in action and intelligence, heavy on clichés, and despite the possible enjoyment one could get from how bad it is, simply uninteresting.
Indeed the lobby of the opulent Berlin hotel is like the world in
microcosm
as travelers from all over hurry through its busy foyer.
Of course, this is a
microcosm
of the larger changes that we can expect.
With the division of Germany considered a
microcosm
of the broader European split during the Cold War, German reunification seemed possible only in the context of an integrated Europe – a point that Chancellor Helmut Kohl emphasized in the debates of 1990, as reunification beckoned.
The options backdating scandal that recently caught Apple’s chairman, Steve Jobs, is a
microcosm
of innovation, prosecution, and reform; now that a rule has been written to prohibit backdating, this particular scam will not happen again.
The search for MH370 has shown in
microcosm
how much there is to be gained through peaceful cooperation.
Presiding over this
microcosm
of Europe was a double-throned Emperor-King and twin parliaments representing the largely independent Austrian and Hungarian halves of the realm.
Sudan and Africa’s FutureJOHANNESBURG – It has been said, correctly, that Sudan is a
microcosm
of Africa.
I had just been shown in
microcosm
something I had long accepted intellectually: Evolution is an impersonal natural process that has no regard for the wellbeing of the individual creatures it has produced.
I suspect that here the problem reflects fundamental differences between the way women and men approach science as a
microcosm
of life.
For the past half-century, this has represented Europe’s revolutionary recipe for peace, and has served as something of a
microcosm
of globalization.
The Murdoch experience is a
microcosm
of how modern globalization works.
The plan's emphasis on Aleppo – which is not only a commercial hub and Syria's largest city, but also represents a sort of
microcosm
of the country – distinguishes it from the shaky cease-fires that have been implemented in Homs and elsewhere in the country.
PRINCETON – The ongoing war in Libya is a
microcosm
of the tragedy that has gripped many Middle Eastern countries.
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