| 单词 | Promised Land |
| 例句 | “Because if Mom sees this she’ll send me to the Promised Land.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “You don’t like Joshua, and Caleb’s named. He’s the smart one—the dark one. See, the other one is awake too. Well, Aaron I’ve always liked, but he didn’t make it to the Promised Land.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z In the distorted cosmology of the Afrikaner, the Nationalist victory was like the Israelites’ journey to the Promised Land. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At least four dogs made it to the Promised Land daily. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grab the fireplace poker and go down into the basement, and if any of those vermin are twitching hit them with the poker and knock them into the Promised Land,” she ordered. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I had to leave South Africa somehow, somehow I had to get to America, the Promised Land, where I hoped to find the freedom to use whatever talents I had. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They sang protest songs and listened to community leaders who assured them that after hundreds of years spent wandering in the desert of segregation and oppression, the Promised Land was at last within sight. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “This place he called Fort Mose is just a pretend place he’s heard of—like the Promised Land—a place you go when you die. And I don’t want to die— not yet!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t Moses lead the children of Israel out of the bloody hands of Pharaoh and into the Promised Land? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z About staying on the right path, even when you can’t see the Promised Land. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I have some chemicals in the garage that will send that stain to the Promised Land.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Could it be true that in just over two months I could be on my way to the Promised Land? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s see. Of all the people who started out of Egypt only two came to the Promised Land. Would you like them for a symbol?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z To the white minister who had accompanied the Black teenagers to high school in 1957, the photographic evidence of their reconciliation “was the stuff of Scripture,” he wrote, “a glimpse of the Promised Land.” Think You Know the 1960s? ‘The Shattering’ Asks You to Think Again. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z Its inhabitants are presented here like a community of oppressed but aspiring people, raising families and praying for the Promised Land, though even the working men with families can’t resist the lure of gambling. Review: A Splendid ‘Porgy and Bess’ Opens the Met Opera Season 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The wait is over for the first volume of Barack Obama’s presidential memoirs, “A Promised Land,” which came out on Tuesday. Presidential Memoirs Don’t Always Take This Long to Write 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z On Wednesday is a screening of Susan Sontag’s only documentary, “Promised Lands,” and next week brings a screening of a French-Maoist Palestine manifesto called “L’Olivier.” In Transit Blog: In London, Films About Palestinians 2012-04-25T19:10:23Z He and fellow Massachusetts native Matt Damon also recently co-wrote and starred in the film "Promised Land," a drama about hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, a technique to extract natural gas. Krasinski says life is weird after 'The Office' 2013-06-06T17:31:05Z If so, he’s there in purgatory with us, and we’re all trying to take one another to the Promised Land. Born in the U.S.A.: When the president met the Boss 2012-05-28T18:00:00Z “A Promised Land,” the first of two planned volumes, was published Nov. 17 and sold nearly 890,000 copies just in its first day. Obama memoir sells a record 1.7 million copies in first week 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z When shooting went long on that film, Mr. Damon was forced to give up the director’s chair on “Promised Land” for lack of time to prepare. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z But “Promised Land” feels divided against itself, not quite sure how to reconcile its polemical intentions with its storytelling impulses, and thus finally unable to fulfill its own promise. Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z When persecuted, as they were in the tsarist empire, they much preferred to flee to the new lands of immigration such as Argentina and the United States, than to the Promised Land. The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo Sand – review 2013-04-18T09:01:01Z Promised Land, a series of documentaries on Canada's CBC Radio One, is based around a simple idea, introduced by presenter Natasha Fatah: "An escape that starts anywhere in the world but always ends in Canada". Promised Land 2010-08-10T23:04:00Z The release of the documentary now is clearly an attempt to play off a current Hollywood film on fracking, "Promised Land," which stars Matt Damon. New documentary targets critics of fracking 2013-01-21T16:02:13Z In the Bible, it's not the Jews who leave Egypt who reach the Promised Land, but the generation that comes after them. ArtsBeat: Drawn From Life: Sheila Heti Talks About "How Should a Person Be?" 2012-07-11T15:44:33Z "Promised Land" is one of 19 movies in the main competition at the Berlin film festival running from Thursday to February 17. Humble Damon cheers Oscar hopeful, friend Ben Affleck 2013-02-08T20:14:46Z In the recent past, the company plunged “Lincoln” into the fracas over partisanship, used “The Help” to highlight the plight of domestic workers and made “Promised Land” as a call for environmental action. Cesar Chavez Film to Avoid Immigration Debate 2013-06-12T22:36:36Z Helms also made the move to the big screen with roles in "The Hangover" franchise, and Krasinski starred in the recent film "The Promised Land" with Matt Damon. Steve Carell helps 'The Office' close its doors in moving finale 2013-05-17T03:42:09Z "Promised Land" has its heart is on its sleeve and makes its pro-environment message quite clear, but it's in the looser and more ambiguous places that the film actually works. Capsule reviews of new movie releases 2012-12-31T20:48:08Z Deep Down, He Wants to Help “I’m not a bad guy,” Steve Butler insists, and one of the reasons “Promised Land” works is that he’s right. Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z Abstraction suits these musicians, but there’s more funk here than you might expect: on the title track and “The Promised Land,” both by Ms. Melford; on “Ekoneni,” an African-inspired theme by Mr. Dresser. Playlist: New CDs: Albatrosh, Trio M, Charlie Haden and Hank Jones 2012-01-06T17:00:00Z "Highway to Heaven," "Touched by an Angel" and its spinoff "Promised Land," "Joan of Arcadia" and "God Friended Me" are part of a sizable list of shows depicting soothing tales of divine guidance. The power of "Evil" compels us to celebrate the monstrous reasons it speaks to us right now 2021-07-25T04:00:00Z The behind-the-scenes experience on “Promised Land,” both men said, was something that they were eager to repeat. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z That “glimpse of the Promised Land,” which offered such a happy ending to the “standard history” that Boyle is writing against, soon dissolved into estrangement. Think You Know the 1960s? ‘The Shattering’ Asks You to Think Again. 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z The former president, who published his "A Promised Land" memoir in November, noted that several recent shows helped him unwind while taking breaks from writing. "The Boys" cast reacts to Barack Obama praising show 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z You also mention not wanting to take “the boring path to the Promised Land of gender parity.” Laura Kipnis talks about power, anxiety and 'Men' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z “A Promised Land” is the first of two volumes — it ends in 2011 — and it is as contemplative and measured as the former president himself. The 10 Best Books of 2020 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z There were two key differences between the South of “Promised Land” and the South we experienced. On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z They’re also collaborators and co-stars in a new movie, “Promised Land.” Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z Alas, Promised Land offers no wiggle room, no ambiguities, eccentricities or human contradictions to its characters; they are placards with famous faces. Matt Damon’s Promised Land: What the Frack!? 2012-12-21T10:45:15Z Setting a text that the composer fashioned from scripture and folklore, the oratorio tells of the biblical Exodus, focusing on the divine “ordering” of Moses to take his people to the Promised Land. Critic’s Notebook: The Pittburgh Symphony Orchestra Plays at Carnegie Hall 2014-05-11T21:00:39Z Leading the reissued classics, for example, is a restored version of Andrzej Wajda's 1975 epic The Promised Land, often considered to be the greatest Polish film ever. This week's new film events 2013-03-02T06:00:11Z And then Trump does win, just months before Jarecki’s documentary – Promised Land, as it was then called – was shown at Cannes. Shake, rattle and Rolls: across America in the shadow of Elvis 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z A name for that place, in the postwar years, would be America, which emerged as a kind of Promised Land — or nightmarish dystopia, depending on whom you asked — of middlebrow culture. A Resurgence in Inequality and Its Effects on Culture 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z "Promised Land" has its heart on its sleeve and its pro-environment message is quite clear, but it's in the looser and more ambiguous places that the film actually works. Review: `Promised Land' doesn't dig deep 2012-12-31T20:37:09Z “Promised Land,” directed by Gus Van Sant, is an earnest attempt, sometimes effective, sometimes clumsy, to dramatize the central arguments about fracking and its impact. Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z There's enormous variety here, from the angry, rousing mining song The Davison-Wilder Blues, through to the gospel of Promised Land, and exquisite, timeless versions of great British ballads that migrated to the Appalachians. Hedy West: Ballads and Songs from?the?Appalachians ? review 2011-08-04T21:46:01Z A: They are totally different movies and definitely different from "Promised Land." A Minute With: John Krasinski on life after 'The Office' 2013-06-12T11:07:01Z Wajda's 1975 film "The Promised Land", told the story of a Pole, a German and a Jew trying to build a factory in the nineteenth century city of Lodz, now in central Poland. Polish film director Wajda dies aged 90 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Continuing their roving patterns — perhaps searching for the Promised Land — the dancers progressed from walking to running, all the while etching invisible pathways on the church’s floor. A New Iteration of Reggie Wilson’s ‘Moses(es)’ 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z They engage in a lively exchange that recalls their existence before they got stuck on the block and reveals their anxieties and desires to leave and find their freedom in the Promised Land. Finding Redemption and Rebirth on the Road to Broadway 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z And then we hit the first mention of Israel as the Promised Land, and I burst into tears. Israel is not my birthright 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z Obama doesn’t force the metaphor, but the events described in “A Promised Land” suggest that something very old and toxic in American politics had been unleashed too. In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z And I sat there and listened to the rabbi call Israel our Promised Land, and it broke something in me. Israel is not my birthright 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z But "Promised Land" spends little time explaining how energy companies actually go about pulling natural gas out of the ground, and what little explanation the movie does provide is simply not very accurate. Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land' 2013-01-02T13:35:09Z Detouronomy: This book of the Bible explains how Moses took a wrong turn when leading the Israelites to the Promised Land, causing a 40-year delay. Style Invitational Week 1316: Lies, damn lies, with statistics — a fake-trivia contest 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The film received a Special Mention at the Berlin Film Festival However, Promised Land caused controversy on its US release in December 2012 because of its subject matter. Matt Damon's Promised Land 2013-04-19T06:46:32Z They are planning their own campaign around "Promised Land," including the distribution of anti-drilling leaflets, postcards and petitions to audiences leaving theaters. Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land' 2013-01-02T13:35:09Z The Promised Land: a place where we were no longer afraid to be together, naked. It Was ‘Cool Central’: Bill T. Jones Leads a Trip Through His Archive 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z And the only crop Promised Land harvests is Capra Corn. Matt Damon’s Promised Land: What the Frack!? 2012-12-21T10:45:15Z “Promised Land” weaves together the story of the city, its invariably in-crisis football club and its Jewish population. In Leeds, England, searching for the city’s many owls is a real hoot Inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, readers are making an effort to read more books from Black authors, including Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land.” Perspective | Conquer ‘Moby-Dick,’ finish ‘Infinite Jest’: Avid readers share their resolutions for 2021 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen" will open at the national museum sometime after closing in February at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Springsteen exhibit slated for Pa. national museum 2011-10-26T21:03:17Z Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land” sold more than 887,000 copies across formats in the United States and Canada on its first day of publication, according to its publisher, Penguin Random House. Prince Harry’s Memoir Has Record Breaking Sales 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z He was in Berlin on Friday for the festival premiere of "Promised Land", a tale set in rural America that tackles the controversial gas extraction technique known as "fracking". Humble Damon cheers Oscar hopeful, friend Ben Affleck 2013-02-08T20:14:46Z Mr. Berry wrote “Promised Land” in prison, after police busted him for inviting a 14-year-old girl he had met on the road to work at his St. Louis nightclub. On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Whether Los Angeles was the Promised Land, it was certainly milder. On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z I am a fan of a well-considered pun, and Angela naming her bakery Milk & Hanoi is such a clever Vietnamese play on “the land of milk and honey,” aka the Promised Land. In “Watchmen,” just as in real life, feelings about Vietnam remain uncertain 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z “Promised Land” quickly found a home at Warner Brothers, where Mr. Damon has a production deal. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z Barack Obama’s new memoir “A Promised Land” is unlike any other presidential autobiography from the past — or, likely, future. Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z As of midday Wednesday, “A Promised Land” was No. 1 on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.com. Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in sales 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z From one administration to the next, of course, presidential efforts to deliver Americans to the Promised Land regularly came up short. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z Films like "Promised Land" will get people curious and send them searching online, said Tucker, where he worries the term 'fracking' gets a bad rap. Insight: In fracking culture war, celebs, billionaires and banjos 2012-12-24T05:03:19Z The Boss' guitars, handwritten lyrics, personal scrapbooks and 1960 Corvette are among 150 items in the exhibit "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen." Springsteen exhibit opening at Philly-based museum 2012-02-15T20:27:09Z "Promised Land," a Focus Features release, is rated R for language. Review: `Promised Land' doesn't dig deep 2012-12-31T20:37:09Z Q: You co-wrote the film "Promised Land" with actor Matt Damon. A Minute With: John Krasinski on life after 'The Office' 2013-06-12T11:07:01Z “A Promised Land” isn’t entirely about the presidency. In ‘A Promised Land,’ Barack Obama Thinks — and Thinks Some More — Over His First Term 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z He added that “The Promised Land” is getting a good response on the radio. Damian Marley and Nasir Jones in ?Distant Relatives? 2010-05-13T17:54:00Z David Drake, the former publisher of Crown, who oversaw the publication of Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land,” was promoted to lead the group. Penguin Random House Announces New Leadership After a Turbulent Period 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Finally it was time for our jet to the Promised Land. On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Both sides are using movies to try to win the debate, though actor Matt Damon says viewers should not assume the movie he stars in, "Promised Land," is "a rabid anti-fracking polemic." Insight: In fracking culture war, celebs, billionaires and banjos 2012-12-24T05:03:19Z Far from being the Promised Land, Israel represents a shaky new beginning in a country Alex barely knows. Movie Review: In ‘Aliyah,’ a Trip From France to Israel Is Dangerous 2013-06-13T22:47:38Z In the wake of the flood, and the infrastructure that failed them, I wondered how our people conceived of the Promised Land that Martin Luther King spoke of. My search for Creflo Dollar 2013-01-06T23:00:00Z Damon said he and his wife started double-dating with Krasinski and Blunt, through which their collaboration on "Promised Land" came about. Matt Damon tackles "fracking" issue in the "Promised Land" 2012-12-28T11:06:04Z I suggested she was more like the poor boy in “Promised Land” than anyone we’d met on our trip so far. On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z In an interview Mr. Van Sant described “Promised Land” as a “simple learning film,” an earnest, Capraesque meditation on the conflicting dictates of stewardship, hardship economics and fraying community values. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z In the middle of the story is the most harrowing part: Crossing a five-lane boulevard in northeast Denver to finally enter the Promised Land that was the K-Mart parking lot. Brian Williams And Fact Checking Our Own Life Stories 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Barack Obama, author of the best-selling, highly-praised memoir “A Promised Land,” has long celebrated his voracious consumption of popular culture with his annual list of favorite books, music and movies. Films! Novels! Springsteen! The Obamas and Clintons seem to be having the time of their lives. 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z Uncharacteristically “Promised Land” will be the only film that Mr. Damon appears in this year. Matt Damon and John Krasinski on ‘Promised Land’ 2012-12-21T20:49:44Z Mr. Obama wrote “A Promised Land” — the first of two volumes about his presidency — much the same way he’s worked on speeches and earlier books. Obama, the Best-Selling Author, on Reading, Writing and Radical Empathy 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z Ahead of the release of "Promised Land," some within the oil industry are already reading the film's script online. Insight: In fracking culture war, celebs, billionaires and banjos 2012-12-24T05:03:19Z The album's finest track, "The Promised Land," perfectly combines the two sentiments: mourning what's been lost, while aspiring for a brighter future. Review: Milk Carton Kids raise voices in harmony 2013-03-25T18:37:08Z Reynolds wanted to know about the value of a Langston Hughes letter, an advanced reader copy of Claude Brown’s “Manchild in the Promised Land” and a first edition signed copy of Toni Morrison’s “Beloved.” ‘Antique Roadshow’ flips the script with celebrity editions 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z “One is a kind of utopianism like ‘Promised Land’ by Joe Smooth, and on the other hand there’s the realism you would hear in a record like ‘It’s a Cold World’ by Jamie Principle.” The Black Madonna, an Activist D.J., Wants to Turn Dance Music Upside Down 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z “Promised Land” itself, however, has a point to make, and it does so in a way that is both honorable and disappointing. Movie Review: ‘Promised Land,’ With Matt Damon, Directed by Gus Van Sant 2012-12-27T23:24:39Z The American critic Clement Greenberg, said that he rather than Moore was the "Moses" of English sculpture who had "walked into the Promised Land and spread himself out in it". Modern British Sculpture at the Royal Academy - review 2011-01-15T00:05:50Z The duo's busy work schedules forced them to moonlight on weekends to make "Promised Land." Matt Damon tackles "fracking" issue in the "Promised Land" 2012-12-28T11:06:04Z Like Moses, he came within sight of the Promised Land but died before reaching it. Art Review: Testing the Waters of Abstraction 2011-08-04T22:02:30Z During a break in the recording Mr. Marley took a moment to clarify his lyrics on “The Promised Land.” Damian Marley and Nasir Jones in ?Distant Relatives? 2010-05-13T17:54:00Z It is why Harriet Tubman sang the spiritual “Go Down, Moses” as a code to identify herself to those enslaved people who wanted to go with her to the Promised Land. Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z And there were two Freedom of Expression Awards, one for the documentary "The Central Park Five" and another for the Gus Van Sant film "Promised Land." The Carpetbagger: National Board of Review's Best Film: 'Zero Dark Thirty' 2012-12-05T19:31:42Z With "Promised Land" opening nationwide on Friday, he offers this view from the ground. Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land' 2013-01-02T13:35:09Z The protagonist of her 1996 novel, “Mona in the Promised Land,” about the daughter of Chinese immigrants who converts to Judaism, first appeared as an infant in Jen’s 1991 debut, “Typical American.” How Covid Got Gish Jen Thinking About China 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z But Damon's determination to make the film his feature directorial debut fell through when his acting schedule changed, making it impossible to direct "Promised Land," so he turned to Van Sant. Matt Damon tackles "fracking" issue in the "Promised Land" 2012-12-28T11:06:04Z “But I’m going to L. A. — I’m going to the Promised Land. And it’s not to live. It’s because I’ve made progress in my career.” On the Path of Chuck Berry’s ‘Promised Land,’ Five Decades On 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z The characters in my book are wandering; they're aiming for the Promised Land, but, like the Jews of the Bible, are fated not to enter it. ArtsBeat: Drawn From Life: Sheila Heti Talks About "How Should a Person Be?" 2012-07-11T15:44:33Z Deuteronomy, as it appears in the Bible, contains Moses’ farewell sermon to the Israelites before they enter the Promised Land. Is a Long-Dismissed Forgery Actually the Oldest Known Biblical Manuscript? 2021-03-10T05:00:00Z It comes as a relief that the show ends not with the silence of the grave but with a performance of the hymn “Bound for the Promised Land.” Review: Conjuring the Ghosts of Theater Past in ‘A Pink Chair’ 2018-05-10T04:00:00Z Eventually, a top-secret script arrives, high-waisted whites are fitted, and every day the "Promised Land" of the cricket match, to be shot in July, looms ever nearer. Downton Abbey: it's just not cricket 2013-06-07T14:59:01Z I also thought with sorrow of the Jewish migrants who followed her mother and found the gates to what Rose’s neighbor in Belarus called “the Goldene Medinah, the Promised Land,” barred. The Ghost Writer: An Author Imagines a Letter From Her Late Grandmother 2020-03-17T04:00:00Z Like Sweden long ago, Denmark is the new Promised Land, even when compared with the rest of Europe. Fareed Zakaria Looks at Life After the Pandemic 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z The first six, including U.S. entries "Promised Land" and "The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman", failed to impress critics. Chilean film "Gloria" cheered at Berlin festival 2013-02-10T12:49:58Z According to a biography of Tubman, “Bound for the Promised Land,” Maryland recorded 279 enslaved people as runaways in 1850 — more than any other state in the nation. Why these women just walked Harriet Tubman’s 116-mile journey from the Underground Railroad 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z My daughter, trying to comfort me after the services, said, “Maybe it is the Promised Land, just not right now.” Israel is not my birthright 2014-07-26T04:00:00Z "Promised Land" will have its international premiere at the annual cinema showcase, although it is scheduled to be launched first in the United States. Matt Damon fracking film in Berlin festival lineup 2012-12-13T14:31:55Z Yet industry groups and environmental activists alike see "Promised Land" very much as a message film about the perils of the gas boom, and are reacting accordingly. Hollywood faces fracking in 'Promised Land' 2013-01-02T13:35:09Z Promised Land, a vintage store, opened five months ago nearby. Pioneertown Wants to Be the New Old West 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z And that’s not always into critical favor; his last two films, the mortality meditation Sea of Trees and fracking drama Promised Land, have drawn mixed-to-poor notices from the press. Gus Van Sant: 'Whatever scene we're filming, we make it as hard as we can' 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z Jen, whose previous novels include “Mona in the Promised Land” and “World and Town,” is a wonderfully gifted writer. In a New Dystopian Novel, the Country is AutoAmerica, but Baseball Is Still Its Pastime 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Their dramatic triumphs are moral, transcendent: Moses doesn't get to the Promised Land and Billy Budd gets hanged. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Yet "Promised Land," which Damon also co-wrote and produced, doesn't take a noticeable stance on "fracking." Matt Damon tackles "fracking" issue in the "Promised Land" 2012-12-28T11:06:04Z But Ms. Vincent chooses to perform “His Promised Land,” one of her own, in the soberest of a cappella arrangements, testifying in a properly awe-struck tone. Playlist : New Music From Baroness, Rhoda Vincent, Shintaro Sakamoto 2012-07-20T17:18:02Z In the Tanakh, or Hebrew Bible, Amalek is a nation whose soldiers ambushed the Israelites as they made their way to the Promised Land. Bibi Netanyahu's Bible lessons: How he pushes Gaza war to Jewish and Christian far right 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z "The Promised Land" is one of 23 movies competing for the prestigious Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, which runs until Sept. 9. Venice shows small films can make it, Danish director says 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z That’s where the Israelites wandered for 40 years in search of the Promised Land. It hit 120 degrees in this California town. For the homeless, 'it’s a miserable life out here' 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z As soon as Springsteen strikes the last chord of The Promised Land or Out In The Street, there's a 1-2-3-4 and he powers into the next song. Bruce Springsteen settles an old score in Hyde Park 2023-07-07T04:00:00Z In his post-presidency memoir, “A Promised Land,” Obama heaped praise on the former Indian premier as “wise, thoughtful, and scrupulously honest” and credited Singh as the “chief architect of India’s economic transformation.” Biden-Modi relationship built around mutual admiration of scrappy pasts, pragmatic needs 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The power of the acting intensifies as Camae and King survey the long road ahead to the Promised Land. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s last night on Earth imagined in clear-eyed 'Mountaintop' 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z In Jewish doctrine, the messiah was to be a figure who liberated the Jews from oppression and made good on the Covenant between the Jews and God, delivering the Promised Land for all eternity. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Below is a selection of 23 photographs and the moments they captured as recounted in Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” and an oral history by Garrett M. Graff published in Politico. Newly released White House photos capture the day bin Laden was killed 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Those words roughly describe the historic Great Migration of Black Americans, made famous in books such as “The Warmth of Other Suns,” by Isabel Wilkerson, and “The Promised Land,” by Nicholas Lemann. Opinion | How the ‘other’ Great Migration transformed American politics 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z The former president has also won two Grammys for audiobook reading for two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “A Promised Land.” Obama awarded Emmy for narration in national park series 2022-09-04T04:00:00Z They would ‘recover the Possession of their Promised Land.’ Review | The real history of the U.S.-Israel relationship 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Barack Obama previously won Grammy Awards for his audiobook reading of two of his memoirs, “The Audacity of Hope” and “A Promised Land.” Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z If Obama rewrote the book on extralegal drone assassinations, his 2020 memoir, "A Promised Land," settles few scores. Way up there in blue: Seven children dead in Kabul — who is to blame? 2022-08-27T04:00:00Z At home, in contrast, “Jews were not aliens in the Promised Land, but a blood-and-bones part of the South,” he wrote. Eli N. Evans, Who Wrote About Jews in the American South, Dies at 85 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z “A Promised Land,” the first of two planned memoirs about his presidency, came out in 2020. Michelle Obama’s book ‘The Light We Carry’ coming this fall 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z Joshua, of course, led the Jews to the Promised Land, fighting the Canaanites along the way, including the genocide at Jericho. He's on a mission from God: Pennsylvania GOP candidate Doug Mastriano's war with the world 2022-07-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Roth has called the redevelopment of the Penn Station area Vornado’s “Promised Land.” Taxpayers May Foot Bill for Penn Station Revitalization, Report Says 2022-05-09T04:00:00Z The final stretch of the Lakers’ 1979-80 championship run is chronicled in Sunday’s “Acceptable Loss” and next week’s season finale, “Promised Land.” HBO's new go-to director used to feel 'replaceable.' Not anymore 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z “Promised Land,” created by Matt Lopez, broke ground when it premiered in January. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z John Boston’s Promised Land was the 14th New York militia regiment, filled with Brooklyn abolitionists and camped near Upton Hill in northern Virginia. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Others, for religious reasons, say it must be outside the borders, to comply with the tradition of the Israelites wandering in the desert for 40 years before reaching the Promised Land. Is That a Burning Bush? Is This Mt. Sinai? Solstice Bolsters a Claim 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Richardson and a friend discuss whether to move a display for “A Promised Land,” by former president Barack Obama. Portraits from inside the wild, messy, overheating and confounding economy of 2021 He knows that the liberated slaves’ goal as they wandered 40 years in the wilderness was the Promised Land. Inside the Unraveling of American Zionism 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z For Manuel Uriza, a veteran Mexican American actor who also serves as “Promised Land’s” dialect coach and culture advisor, the opportunity felt like a rare gift. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Steven Roth, the company’s chief executive, has described his vision of skyscrapers on Vornado sites around Penn Station as its “Promised Land.” With Cuomo Gone, Hochul Revises Plan for Penn Station 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Scott Ellsworth talks about ‘The Ground Breaking,’ a new follow-up to “Death in a Promised Land,” his pioneering 1982 exposé of atrocities in Tulsa. What Juneteenth means to me: novelist Paula Woods on the holiday's history and her own 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z No longer does the world see us as the Promised Land. Column: A dying girl, a fateful blessing and the lessons of California's tragic origin myth 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z The “Ben Simmons narrative,” as his coach calls it, will live on as long as he’s one of the two franchise cornerstones, burdened with elevating the 76ers from The Process to the Promised Land. Analysis | For the 76ers and their city, ‘this Ben Simmons narrative’ isn’t going away 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z ABC proved to be anything but nirvana for “Promised Land,” after all — just five episodes in, the network had seen enough, shifting the remaining five episodes to Hulu. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Scott Ellsworth talks about ‘The Ground Breaking,’ a new follow-up to ‘Death in a Promised Land,’ his pioneering 1982 exposé of atrocities in Tulsa. When will America finally dismantle its racist myths? Two powerful new books try 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z As Ellsworth recounts in his 1982 book, “Death in a Promised Land,” a Reconstruction Committee and an Executive Welfare Committee were formed, with the purpose of demonstrating good will. 100 Years After the Tulsa Massacre, What Does Justice Look Like? 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “It’s like teenagers in Manhattan today not knowing that 9/11 ever happened,” says Scott Ellsworth, a Tulsa native, whose 1982 book “Death in a Promised Land” helped shatter the silence. His book helped expose Tulsa's massacre of Black citizens. Now he's helping find their graves 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z The company’s chief executive, the billionaire Steven Roth, has laid out a vision of erecting skyscrapers in the neighborhood and has called the project the company’s “Promised Land.” To Save Penn Station, New York Wants to Build 10 Skyscrapers 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z Lopez believes “Promised Land’s” failure to find an audience was less about Spanish and subtitles than about the soapy show’s serialized nature. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z How did a Promised Land to generations of Black families become a community of lost lives? Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why. 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z “The unspoken suggestion was that I might not either,” Obama wrote in his biography “A Promised Land.” Ten years later, Obama and McRaven discuss the meaning of the mission to kill bin Laden 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Other bestselling titles included The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel and Barack Obama's memoir A Promised Land, published in November, which sold well in audio. Book sales surge in 2020 as UK 'rediscovers love of reading' 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z His photograph of Obama graces the cover of the 44th president’s recent memoir, “A Promised Land.” Donald Trump makes his debut in National Portrait Galley’s presidents exhibition 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z “Folks at ABC have told me that ‘Promised Land’ may be the last serialized drama on ABC,” he says. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “A Promised Land” is the book club’s April selection. How to watch former President Obama and Ava DuVernay at the L.A. Times Book Club 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z “A Promised Land” is the April selection of The Times’ community book club. President Obama, Ava DuVernay bring ‘A Promised Land’ to L.A. Times Community Book Club 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Reprinted with permission from “A Promised Land” Copyright © 2020 by Barack Obama, published by Crown, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. 'Oh, how earnest I was then': President Obama’s political awakening in ‘A Promised Land’ excerpt 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The parable we should tell new generations about it is this: Once upon a time, a young man appeared and helped a long-neglected people get to the Promised Land. Column: The Gospel of Fernandomania: Fernando Valenzuela remains a Mexican American icon 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Ultimately, by hiring Latino writers and bringing on Uriza as a culture advisor, “Promised Land” went beyond most shows, on any platform, in its quest for accuracy. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z “A Promised Land” is the first of two volumes about Obama’s life and improbable road to the White House. How to watch former President Obama and Ava DuVernay at the L.A. Times Book Club 2021-04-21T04:00:00Z The two friends were on an open, inbound ski run near the "Scott Chute" and "Promised Land" trails. Popular Tahoe ski resort sued after fatal avalanche 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z Some call it Promised Land, others call it home. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z In “A Promised Land,” the first volume of his presidential memoir, Obama described a meeting just before he took office, when the economic data looked increasingly bleak. Opinion | The First Post-Reagan Presidency 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z Those behind “Promised Land” hope other shows follow in its footsteps, no matter what language and community is represented. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Seismic sales for former President Barack Obama’s memoir, “A Promised Land,” which sold more than 3.3 million copies in its first month, might signal that interest in Trump will remain high in coming years. The ‘Trump Bump’ for Books Has Been Significant. Can It Continue? 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z That's more than double the next biggest seller - Barack Obama's memoir A Promised Land, which sold 66,500. Richard Osman beats Barack Obama to UK's Christmas number one book 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Promised Land is an African American community created by former slaves in the aftermath of the Civil War. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Former President Barack Obama has been on a relentless virtual publicity tour for the first installment of his presidential memoir, “A Promised Land.” Obama took a break from promoting his own book to highlight 17 of the year’s best 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z When Andres Velez got the script for an ABC series called “Promised Land,” he found the story and his character appealing. 'Promised Land' may be ABC's 'last serialized drama.' What its fate says about network TV 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z I’ll start by sharing my favorite books this year, deliberately omitting what I think is a pretty good book – A Promised Land – by a certain 44th president. Watch and read like Barack Obama: 44 shares his favorite films, books and TV of 2020 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Among the timely and topical releases bookstores across the region are counting on is Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land.” For L.A. bookstores during COVID-19, this holiday season is make or break 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Many of those in Promised Land are longtime residents. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Although “A Promised Land,” which has sold more than 3 million copies, did not appear among Obama’s picks, he did add that it was “a pretty good book.” Obama took a break from promoting his own book to highlight 17 of the year’s best 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Vlahos, who will remain in an unofficial capacity through June, added that even with the lift from Barack Obama’s “A Promised Land,” holiday sales would likely be a “pale shadow” of the previous year. Publishing saw upheaval in 2020, but ‘books are resilient’ 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z On the list are a couple of his own projects, including the first installment of his memoir “A Promised Land” and the disability-rights documentary “Crip Camp” from his production company. Watch and read like Barack Obama: 44 shares his favorite films, books and TV of 2020 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Meryl Streep is a fan of former President Barack Obama's writing, but admits he made a bit of a mistake in his new memoir, "A Promised Land." Meryl Streep admits Obama made a mistake in his new memoir: 'He's a great writer but...' 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z “I grew up in Promised Land,” she said. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Obama is promoting A Promised Land, his memoir of his rise to the White House and first few years in office. Obama: Democrats need 'universal language' to appeal to moderate voters 2020-12-05T05:00:00Z Yet Obama makes the lesson of the stimulus fight plain in “A Promised Land,” his recently published memoir. Opinion | The destructive myth about divided government 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z In literature, 44 listed an eclectic mix of 17 books, “deliberately omitting” “A Promised Land” — though he affably described it as “a pretty good book” in a tweet. Watch and read like Barack Obama: 44 shares his favorite films, books and TV of 2020 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z He was on the show to promote his new memoir, "A Promised Land." Obama says not giving Dolly Parton a Medal of Freedom was a 'mistake': 'She deserves one' 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Norman, who just turned 86 years old, said her parents also lived in Promised Land most of their lives. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z Mr. Obama’s memoir, “A Promised Land,” which Crown released this week, is already shaping up to be a blockbuster, with a global first printing of nearly six million copies. A Trump Memoir Would Sell. Will Publishers Buy It? 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z “The Late Show” host invited the 44th president into the CBS studio on Tuesday to talk about his latest memoir “A Promised Land,” along with the results of the 2020 presidential election. Stephen Colbert gushes during Obama interview: ‘I just want to take a moment to drink you in’ 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z In a separate segment, Colbert aired his interview with Barack Obama, timed to the release of former president’s memoir A Promised Land. Obama tells Colbert of frustration with Trump's 'shambolic' Covid response 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The mutual contempt between Mr. Obama and President Trump, which dates to Mr. Trump’s baseless questioning in 2011 of Mr. Obama’s birth, is evident in the former president’s memoir “A Promised Land,” released Tuesday. Obama: Trump an ‘elixir’ for Americans ‘spooked by a Black man in the White House’ 2020-11-22T05:00:00Z Last year, Promised Land lost two longtime advocates. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z In “A Promised Land,” the president gazes mostly from a distance at his vice president. Perspective | What does Obama really think about Biden? His memoir doesn’t say. 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z That unusual politician comes through clearly in his new book, “A Promised Land.” Opinion | What Barack Obama’s memoir leaves out 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z This is an extract from A Promised Land by Barack Obama, published by Penguin Random House on 17 November at £35. Barack Obama on the moment he won the presidency – exclusive extract 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Former President Obama doesn’t mention President Trump in his new memoir, “A Promised Land,” until page 672. In his new memoir, Barack Obama relishes taunting Trump: ‘He was a spectacle’ 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “Promised Land - those are some good folks,” Childs said. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z President Obama, whose memoir “A Promised Land” hit shelves Tuesday and sold nearly 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada on its first day. Scottish author Douglas Stuart wins 2020 Booker Prize for his debut novel, 'Shuggie Bain' 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z A Promised Land sold nearly 890,000 copies in the US and Canada in its first 24 hours - a record for publisher Penguin Random House. Obama memoir: What he really thought of Putin and other leaders 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z Obama’s new memoir, “A Promised Land,” was published this week and sold almost 890,000 copies in the U.S. and Canada in its first 24 hours. Americans dominate diverse list of Booker Prize contenders 2020-11-19T05:00:00Z “A Promised Land,” Obama’s memoir covering the first 2½ years of his presidency, was released Tuesday and is already racking up major sales. In his new memoir, Barack Obama relishes taunting Trump: ‘He was a spectacle’ 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z In 2016, Greenwood County voters approved $66,326 for the construction of a pedestrian trail in the Promised Land community as part of the Capital Project Sales Tax initiative. Promised Land: A place to call home 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z “A Promised Land,” out Tuesday in a worldwide release, eloquently and ruefully documents the first two and a half years of Obama’s presidency. The Hollywood president: Here are the celebs Barack Obama name-drops in his new book 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Former President Barack Obama celebrated the release of his new memoir “A Promised Land” on Tuesday by revealing his favorite tunes when in office. ‘A Promise Land Playlist’: Obama reveals the favorite tunes of his presidency 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z Even before its release, “A Promised Land” was exerting a strong gravitational pull on the industry. Readers Have Been Eagerly Waiting for Barack Obama’s New Memoir. Struggling Booksellers Have, Too. 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A Promised Land runs to 751 pages, many filled with rumination on historical progress, centrally Martin Luther King Jr’s belief that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”. Obama scolds 'petulant' Trump but reveals conservative sympathies 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The 44th president made the remark in an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, two days ahead of publication of his memoir, A Promised Land. Barack Obama rules out role in Biden cabinet – 'Michelle would leave me' 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z When he was president, Barack Obama wasn’t known for shying away from brushes with fame — and that fact is obvious when you see how many celebrity names he casually drops in “A Promised Land.” The Hollywood president: Here are the celebs Barack Obama name-drops in his new book 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The “Promised Land Playlist” includes a sophisticated graphic and a black and white portrait of Mr. Obama from the cover of the 768-page book. ‘A Promise Land Playlist’: Obama reveals the favorite tunes of his presidency 2020-11-17T05:00:00Z His memoir, “A Promised Land,” released on Tuesday, arrives at a moment of deep political, cultural and social unrest — tensions that have been heightened by a global pandemic and an economic crisis. Readers Have Been Eagerly Waiting for Barack Obama’s New Memoir. Struggling Booksellers Have, Too. 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z But Obama himself eviscerated McConnell in his new memoir, “A Promised Land,” recounting how Biden once pleaded for the GOP leader’s cooperation on a key piece of legislation Obama supported. Analysis | In public, Biden waxes poetic about the Senate. But behind the scenes, his views are more nuanced. 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Mr Obama was speaking ahead of the release of his new memoir, A Promised Land, which charts his rise to the US Senate and first term as president. Obama: Trump election fraud claim 'undermining US democracy' 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Be aware that former President Barack Obama has a new, 768-page memoir titled “A Promised Land” arriving Tuesday, to be preceded this weekend by some serious media appearances. Incoming: The Obama blitz 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Several publishers told the AP that they don’t believe Trump will have the same global appeal as former President Barack Obama, whose “A Promised Land” comes out next week. Trump books will continue after Trump leaves office 2020-11-09T05:00:00Z Mr. Obama’s publisher, Crown, is printing 3.4 million copies of “A Promised Land” for the United States and Canadian market, and another 2.5 million for international readers. Readers Have Been Eagerly Waiting for Barack Obama’s New Memoir. Struggling Booksellers Have, Too. 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z “A Promised Land” will be published Nov. 17, two weeks after the presidential election. What Barack Obama's memoir reveals about his long battle for healthcare reform 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z The book, A Promised Land, is scheduled to be published next month, two weeks after election day. Barack Obama recalls epic battle for healthcare law in excerpt from memoir 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z He will read the audio version of “A Promised Land” as well. Obama’s Memoir ‘A Promised Land’ Coming in November 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z On Thursday, the former president announced that his next book, “A Promised Land,” is finished and will arrive Nov. 17. Barack Obama's new memoir will arrive right after the presidential election 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Rachel Klayman, Mr. Obama’s longtime editor at Crown, said “A Promised Land” was more challenging for him to write than his previous two books. Readers Have Been Eagerly Waiting for Barack Obama’s New Memoir. Struggling Booksellers Have, Too. 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z A Promised Land is set for release on 17 November, just two weeks after the US presidential election. Barack Obama to release memoir after US election 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Even with a substantial list price of $45, “The Promised Land” is virtually guaranteed to sell millions of copies. First volume of Barack Obama’s memoir coming Nov. 17 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The Western Conference final remains the Promised Land, never to be visited, excruciatingly close but ever beyond the Clippers’ reach. Elliott: It wasn’t supposed to end this way for the Clippers, again, this season 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Brown hopes to raise money with her own track Promised Land, which is available on Bandcamp. Singer creates record label for jailhouse Scots 2020-09-13T04:00:00Z Among those criticisms, Adams said he wasn’t sure Gase is “the right leader for this organization to reach the Promised Land.” Jets’ Gase: Trade of Adams a ‘win-win’ for both sides 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z They merely became parting shots from Adams, who told the Daily News he wasn’t sure Gase is “the right leader for this organization to reach the Promised Land.” Jets’ Douglas says he never promised offer to traded Adams 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z “There was a curtain of silence drawn to keep this quiet,” said Scott Ellsworth, a Tulsa historian who wrote a history of the massacre, “Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921.” The Massacre That Destroyed Tulsa’s ‘Black Wall Street’ 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z But, as much as America represents a kind of alternate “Promised Land” for Jewish people, it is “Egypt” for Black Americans: a constricting place of oppression, police brutality, discrimination, poverty, unemployment and limited opportunity. Readers’ July 4 reflections 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Mind you, we have not reached “the Promised Land” Martin Luther King Jr. famously prophesied. Exit Aunt Jemima, enter sincere reckoning with racism 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z “There’s a great camp meeting in the Promised Land,” he said. Analysis | John Lewis’s ‘good trouble’ of the 1960s resonates for today’s protests for racial justice 2020-06-06T04:00:00Z Promised Land, in the poorest congressional district in the nation, sees about 250 mostly African American and Latino worshipers on a normal weekend. A pastor in the Bronx thought he knew hardship. Then his church saw 13 coronavirus deaths. 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Typically, Madaba attracts tourists who also visit nearby Mount Nebo, where the Bible says Moses was granted a view of the Promised Land. Before the virus: Looking back on some last ‘normal’ moments 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Raised as an Egyptian prince, Moses discovers his Hebrew heritage, hears God’s call, and engages in a bitter battle with the Pharaoh Ramses to free the Jews from slavery, leading them to the Promised Land. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, March 29, 2020 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z According to Israelite beliefs, the Promised Land is in the Peruvian Amazon, and their founder received direct revelations from God at Machu Picchu. Fringe religious party gains power in crisis-stricken Peru 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z On the wall of his shop selling religious jewellery is a copy of a front page of the New York Post which reads: "Promised Land". Smiles and sorrow for Trump's 'realistic' peace plan 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z But we must also be honest with ourselves at times like ours, when we risk allowing visions of the Promised Land to fade away. Opinion | We can’t give up on King’s Promised Land 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z It seemed much more likely that we were in an era of post-racialism, a time of color blindness, or at least on our way towards that Promised Land. Ten Years After “The New Jim Crow” 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z It was, he mused, “a kind of Promised Land, a place where intelligence was at a premium,” and he was “swept away by the intellectual ferment.” Jonathan Miller, Acclaimed Theater Director and Writer, Dies at 85 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z In “The Promised Land,” he recounted the migration of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North to explain the emergence of dysfunctional black ghettos. Review | As Big Business evolved, did it doom the American Dream? 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Elizabeth Dwoskin reports that a content moderator got fired after posting lyrics from “Factory” and “The Promised Land” on an internal forum. Facebook’s Supreme Court for content moderation is coming into focus 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z Week upon week, we’d gather for glimpses of the Promised Land in progress. My sordid Disneyland past: Confessions of a Magic Kingdom popcorn man 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z If you are lucky enough to visit the “Promised Land” in this tenth anniversary year, you must not expect to be cosseted. Observer archive: on a kibbutz, 26 May 1958 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z Don't be like Moses who only saw the Promised Land but did not enter it; you deserve to be with the Clippers as they move into championship contention next year. Letters: Are you jumping on the Clippers bandwagon yet? 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Earlier, at a church service, a minister likened Dickson to the Old Testament patriarch Joseph, whose bones were carried by his people to the Promised Land from the foreign realm where he died. A Tuskegee hero is buried 75 years after his death in World War II 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z SAT Screening of “Promised Land” film, opening of new featured gallery artist, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Community calendar: Tacoma Home & Garden Show, MOHAI Maker Day, Duwamish Longhouse Open House 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z For a faith that for thousands of years was insular and self-contained, its people often in mandated ghettos, praying for the Messiah to return them to the Promised Land, this was a radical notion. American Jews and Israeli Jews Are Headed for a Messy Breakup 2019-01-04T05:00:00Z In the Old Testament, it is written that Joshua crossed over here, leading his band of weary Israelites into the Promised Land. Jesus’ baptism site was a closed military zone for 50 years. That’s about to change. 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z In a segregated South, the Promised Land and New Bethel AME Baptist Church eventually offered the only school for the community’s black children. The Promised Land: Plantation turned beloved black community 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z He then closed with a look ahead to retirement on his family’s ranch north of Sacramento, where he and his wife have built a home: “PS: And now onto the Promised Land–Colusa County!” Brown shows governing philosophy in final bill action 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z Robert’s writing included “Sweet Promised Land,” his classic story about the Laxalts’ father, a Basque who left the Pyrenees in 1906 to herd sheep in the American West. Paul Laxalt, former Nevada governor, dies at 96 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z When not in the state capital Olympia, he lives here at his 1,400-acre Promised Land Ranch. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Scientist? 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Moses shared common hardships with his countrymen in Egypt and eventually led them physically from slavery to the Promised Land. Opinion | ‘Hope Is a Powerful Weapon’: Unpublished Mandela Prison Letters 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z There was The Promised Land Grocery Store, which opened in 1970 on the corner of Lee Road and Anderson-Livsey Lane, a stone’s throw from the Big House. The Promised Land: Plantation turned beloved black community 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z “The King” originally premiered at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival under the title “Promised Land.” A new documentary about 'The King' finds links between Elvis Presley and the decline of the American Dream 2018-06-29T04:00:00Z Of course, the Israelites found that things in the Promised Land were a little harder than they’d expected. Opinion | You think you hate your cable bundle. You’re wrong. 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z He also worked with Matt Damon on the script for Gus Van Sant's farmland drama "Promised Land," in which they both starred. John Krasinski on defying expectations, hiring Emily Blunt and making big noise with 'A Quiet Place' 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z And, lo, the new Promised Land: competitive authoritarianism, a form of European single-party rule that retains a veneer of democracy while skewing the contest sufficiently to ensure it is likely to yield only one result. Opinion | How Democracy Became the Enemy 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z He grew up spending weekends in The Promised Land with his grandparents. The Promised Land: Plantation turned beloved black community 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Fifty years later, the quest for that metaphoric Promised Land remains at the center of much of the political and social discourse in this country. Alabama editorial roundup 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land. Did Martin Luther King predict his own death? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z “We are a homeless people, not welcomed anywhere. If Wakanda is the Black Promised Land, then we are its forgotten children, sold away, left behind, rejected, condescended to.” Pantherpedia: A guide to the cottage industry of essays about Ryan Coogler's 'Black Panther' Promised Land: Analysts and investors will zero in on Apple’s revenue projections for the March quarter. Apple Expected to Report Higher Prices Drove Record Quarterly Revenue 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The house - for two centuries the hub of this southern tip of Gwinnett County known as The Promised Land - looms over his shoulder. The Promised Land: Plantation turned beloved black community 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z Are women like these going to lead us to the Promised Land? Opinion | Hillary Lost, but the Future Is Hers 2018-01-20T05:00:00Z I've seen the Promised Land, I may not get there with you. Did Martin Luther King predict his own death? 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The script used winking but seductive repetition, with playful references to the pleasures of the flesh, as well as the general promises of youth - captured in exhilarating readings of Thunder Road and The Promised Land. Can Bruce Springsteen conquer Broadway? 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z You've been to the top of the mountain and seen the Promised Land. A golfer's 10 biggest nightmares - Golf Digest 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, an HBO movie with Viola Davis starring as Tubman is in the works, based on Larson’s book, “Bound for the Promised Land: Harriet Tubman: Portrait of an American Hero.” New life on freedom fighter Harriet Tubman’s Maryland trail 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z America: Promised Land This two-part series concludes with a look at immigration to the U.S. in the 20th century. Tuesday's TV highlights' 'America's Got Talent' on NBC 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z See who we are and how we all got here as the story of immigration is retold in two-part special “America: Promised Land.” TV This Week, May 28-June 3: 'Free State of Jones,' 'Still Star-Crossed' and more 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z As for her post-White House chapter, Bush said she’s “living what I call the afterlife, in what my husband calls the Promised Land.” Laura Bush returns to Washington to press for a women’s museum on the Mall 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z A country once viewed as the Promised Land now seems for many to be dangerously inhospitable. Trump’s policies taint young Indians’ vision of the American dream 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z “No Particular Place to Go” and “Promised Land.” Chuck Berry dies at 90, a founding father of rock 'n' roll 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z And then there’s the picture of America itself in “Promised Land,” Berry’s epic travelogue from Norfolk, Va., to Los Angeles. Chuck Berry was a master of detail whose music defined a genre 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Berry’s gift reached its apogee in Promised Land, probably the finest song ever written about the American dream. Chuck Berry: the rock'n'roller who wrote the soundtrack for teen rebellion 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z One of them is Mount Nebo, from which Moses, when he had rescued his people from Egypt and wandered for years in the wilderness, looked across at the Promised Land. The Scrolls from the Dead Sea 1955-05-06T04:00:00Z As a novelist, she is perhaps best known for “Typical American” and “Mona in the Promised Land,” which feature themes about immigration, identity and culture. Opinion | East-West divide begins with how we see ourselves 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z Tubman was born a slave in the winter of 1822 outside the hamlet of Tobacco Stick, modern-day Madison, on Madison Bay in Dorchester County, Md., according to Larson’s biography, “Bound for the Promised Land.” Harriet Tubman fled a life of slavery in Maryland. Now a new visitor center opens on the land she escaped. 2017-03-03T05:00:00Z “It’s like being actually led into the Promised Land by Moses,” Representative Tom Cole, a senior Republican from Oklahoma, said of Mr. Trump. Trump’s Vow to G.O.P. Lawmakers: ‘You’re Not Wasting Your Time’ 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z “Promised Land,”about two Pacific Northwest tribes, plays at 7 p.m. ‘Viva Italia’ film series, return of ‘Secret Matinees’ and more 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z Turned back within sight of the Promised Land, the refugees were transferred to prison ships and returned to Germany, where they were interned in fenced compounds reminiscent of the Nazi concentration camps. Ruth Gruber, a Fearless Chronicler of the Jewish Struggle, Dies at 105 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z Lonergan toiled on it a long time — so long the pair went off and made a whole other movie, the fracking drama “Promised Land,” in the meantime. 'Manchester By the Sea's' director chronicles what the film world has forsaken: humanism 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The Indians also took game four, a 7-2 win edging them within one victory of the Promised Land. Chicago Cubs win World Series: 'Baseball will never be the same again' 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z He too had seen the Promised Land, but never made it there. Cubs Defeat Dodgers to Clinch First Pennant Since 1945 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The railroad tracks that had carried him toward the Promised Land also delivered so many of his people to death camps. Read Remarks from President Obama at Shimon Peres' Memorial 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z On occasion,” he notes, “I looked out and sang ‘Promised Land’ to the audience I intended it for: young people, old people, black, white, brown, cutting across religious and class lines. Bruce Springsteen on keeping life honest, real in 'Born to Run' autobiography 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z And stage three is the Promised Land, where you play a character whose story is not intrinsically linked to his race. Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z In America’s case, the sociologist Robert Bellah described the country’s civil religion through its symbols: the Exodus, Chosen People, Promised Land, New Jerusalem, and Sacrificial Death and Rebirth. 'Throw the bastards out': an American tradition from settlers to Trump 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Last year, again we were able to see the Promised Land... but close does not get you into the W.S.Something happened at the start of this great season. Cubs Defeat Dodgers to Clinch First Pennant Since 1945 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z The two even wrote the film “Promised Land” together. ‘The Office’ star John Krasinski on directing film ‘The Hollars’ 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z “His rhetoric and the church’s rhetoric on refugees could not be more different,” said J. Quin Monson, a co-author of “Seeking the Promised Land: Mormons and American Politics.” Mormons’ Distaste for Donald Trump Puts Utah Up for Grabs 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z It felt good, but what about stage three, the Promised Land? Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The 30-track, two-CD set dedicates one disc to Brown’s political and devotional songs, such as “Words of Wisdom,” ”Promised Land” and “Wolves and Leopards.” Review: Tribute to Dennis Brown hails peerless reggae singer 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z Yesterday, Cubs fans got to the Promised Land! Cubs Defeat Dodgers to Clinch First Pennant Since 1945 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z But he said he is skeptical that it will be the primary way to close the nation’s vast funding gap: “I don’t think it’s the Promised Land that’s going solve all our problems.” East Coast states want to tax drivers’ travel, not their gas 2016-06-25T04:00:00Z Which is, pretty much, what most of my favourite Springsteen songs from those two albums are about, to varying degrees – The Promised Land, Badlands, Racing in the Street, Stolen Car, a handful of others. A Bruce Springsteen show makes you feel like the best version of yourself 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z I heard rumours that the Promised Land was not in Britain at all, but in Hollywood. Typecast as a terrorist | Riz Ahmed | The Long Read 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Another Promised Land tale, only in this case the Promised Land is America, and the young protagonist’s Egypt is his dysfunctional immigrant family. A ‘fallen Jew’ on what to read this Passover 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z “God told me he’s looking for a Joshua generation—not a Joshua Blahyi but a Joshua generation. That generation that went into the Promised Land.” General Butt Naked, the Repentant Warlord 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z “These people are not going to get you to the Promised Land,” Trump said Friday on the eve of the South Carolina primary. How Marco Rubio Has Avoided Trump's Fire 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z “Eretz Chadasha: The Promised Land” Mosaic Theater’s play about young Sudanese refugees seeking asylum in Israel, written by the youth ensemble of Habimah, Israel’s national theater, has been adapted for the American stage. Going Out Guide for the District of Columbia, Feb. 11-17, 2016 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z He has made them the centerpiece of his new book, “Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War.” Ian Buruma’s ‘Their Promised Land: a curious tale of Jewish assimilation 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z For some Jewish Israelis, the West Bank is literally the Promised Land — full of biblical places like Hebron, Jericho, Bethlehem and Shilo that must be kept as a birthright, whatever the consequences. Kerry's 'One State' Comments Cause Consternation in Israel 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z “He points the way to the Promised Land.” Can Paul Ryan Save the Republican Party? 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z But his big flub in one of his first interviews after becoming a candidate for speaker only served to make conservatives more nervous about whether he can take them to the Promised Land. Kevin McCarthy: For personable speaker-in-waiting, politics is all about thrill of the hunt 2015-10-08T04:00:00Z Most oligarchs purchasing a private stronghold in the Promised Land do not spend more than a few weekends a year there. Welcome to the Promised Land 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z “Their Promised Land,” though styled like a scrapbook, with family photos and letter excerpts, is not at heart a tale of love and war. Ian Buruma’s ‘Their Promised Land: a curious tale of Jewish assimilation 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z The Promised Land Quartet will sing at the morning worship service and again in concert at 1 p.m. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z He’ll earn biblical status if he returns us to the Promised Land. Premier League fans’ verdicts part 1: Arsenal to Manchester United 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z The Promised Land Quartet will sing at the morning worship service and again at a concert at 1 p.m. Religion events from around the Washington area 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z The tribes of Israel under Joshua are said to have crossed here to enter the Promised Land after years of wandering in the desert. The special water flown in for Princess Charlotte - BBC News 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z The problem is that while the gurus are counting their cash, the consumer’s pockets are being drained by the hopes and dreams that someone will show them the Promised Land. Investing In Stocks: There's Guessing and Second Guessing 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z On the one hand, you have to appear like Moses, so that people believe that you’re going to take them to the Promised Land. Tae Hea Nahm of Storm Ventures: A Believer and a Skeptic in One 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Manus Island is far from the Promised Land. Manus Island: Australia's Guantanamo? - BBC News 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z I began to see Furiosa as a Moses-like figure as the film went on, bringing her people through the desert to the Promised Land. 'Mad Max' Review: 5 Reasons Why 'Road Warrior' Is Better Than 'Fury Road' 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z “Hope that we might rise above our failures and disappointments. Hope that we might receive His redemption. Hope that, in lifting our voices together, we, too, might one day reach the Promised Land.” Correction: Obama-Gospel story 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z She is the author of several books on women and the American family, including Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness. Why Have Kids? 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z Jews will get together this Passover as usual and tell the biblical story of their exodus from slavery and their path to the Promised Land. Divisive issues may have a place on many Passover seder tables this year 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z During his “Promised Land” speech, delivered the day before he died, King said: Izola Ware Curry, ‘demented black woman’ who stabbed MLK, dies at 98 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Moses led our people from slavery to the gates of the Promised Land. Transcript: Netanyahu Speech to Congress 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z “Moses led our people from slavery to the gates of the Promised Land.” Here's the Sculpture of Moses That Netanyahu Referenced 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Like Moses and the Promised Land, she couldn’t cross over. How Joan Rivers Got That Way 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z This year the Suja team got so close to the top spot but Instacart kept the company from reaching the Promised Land. America's Most Promising Companies: The Top 20 Of 2015 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z There was a time when the end of the calendar year for the aspiring tour professional was Armageddon and the Promised Land all in one. Throwback Thursday: Sixty years on from the pro debuts of two World Golf Hall of Famers: The Loop 2013-10-16T04:00:00Z Dr. King surely knew, in his last days, that he would be a target for assassination, that he would not get to the Promised Land. What an Uncensored Letter to M.L.K. Reveals 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Ross: Okay, so I'm glad we finally know what the Promised Land is -- well, sort of. 'Doctor Who' recap: 'Dark Water' 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z "A lot of people looked at Medicare as this Promised Land – 'Everything is covered, until the end of time,'" says Nicole Duritz, vice president of health education and outreach for AARP, a nonprofit advocacy group. The Unexpected Costs of Medicare 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Maybe we can finally stop this deconstruction schtick and reach the Promised Land. Last night on 'Doctor Who,' it's humanity vs. the moon 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z I'm completely disinterested in the Promised Land scene. Last night on 'Doctor Who,' a caretaker and a new companion 2014-09-28T04:00:00Z Moses didn’t just leave the Israelites at Sinai and wish them luck; he lived long enough to watch them mature and enter the Promised Land. Why set a deadline on life? Wright even calls into question Israel’s archaeological claims to the Promised Land. Book review: ‘Thirteen Days in September,’ on Camp David accords, by Lawrence Wright And quite often, according to Erin McLeod - author of Visions of Zion: Ethiopians and Rastafari in the Search for the Promised Land - "back to Africa" is treated as synonymous with "back to Ethiopia". The flawed Rastafarian 'promised land' 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z During the Exodus, when Moses led his people to the Promised Land of milk and honey, it was people like these wine-makers they ended up conquering. What the Bronze Age Wine Snobs Drank 2014-08-27T04:00:00Z We all are hoping for the Promised Land. Christianity Can't Replace My Zoloft 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z That approach would apply to a hit like the movie “Lincoln,” which counseled civic engagement, or to a box-office miss like the antifracking film “Promised Land.” Participant Index Seeks to Determine Why One Film Spurs Activism, While Others Falter 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z But Coates underscores that blacks experienced oppression in Chicago, the city author Nicholas Lemann called "The Promised Land" for the mass black migration that flowed there from the Deep South after World War II. Ta-Nehisi Coates Makes a Solid Case for Reparations 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z Given the scientific treasures known to be present, the base of Mount Sharp is often described by the Curiosity team as “the Promised Land.” Too bad there’s no AAA on Mars: NASA’s Curiosity rover copes with equipment trouble Returning to the Promised Land is at the heart of Jewish tradition and modern Zionism. Of guns and ballot boxes 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z Israel does not want them, and last year completed a formidable fence on the Egyptian border that’s doing an effective job of keeping what Israelis call “infiltrators” from reaching the Promised Land. Israel Boots African Asylum-Seekers 2014-01-08T07:05:26Z This essay is adapted from his new book, "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel," published by Spiegel & Grau. In Israel, a Dream Made Real 2013-11-29T23:55:43Z "A lot of people looked at Medicare as this Promised Land – 'Everything is covered, until the end of time,'" says Nicole Duritz, vice president of health education and outreach for AARP, a nonprofit advocacy group. The Hidden Costs of Medicare 2013-10-18T20:50:00Z A report on the Promised Land, was compiled by the Kirk's church and society council. Israel slams 'hurtful' church report 2013-05-09T11:24:46Z One of them is going to reach the Promised Land sooner or later.” Tapping the Promised Land: Can Israel Be an Energy Giant? 2013-05-01T08:05:24Z It's an oft-quoted leadership trope: Because of his sin in striking the rock twice, Moses never lived to see his people into the Promised Land. 3 Types of Leaders Who Never Succeed 2013-03-28T17:05:51Z Promised Land does say it pretty well though. Promised Land – first look review 2013-02-08T16:55:54Z Dan Mark Sr., a retired environmental health and safety inspector, was one of 15 ticket holders at the first showing of “Promised Land” on Friday. Gas Drilling Far From Imminent, but Debate Roils Otsego County 2013-01-07T02:54:56Z As such, Promised Land doesn’t try to resolve whether fracking is dangerous, although the classroom scene seems to take care of that in its poor excessiveness. Matt Damon s Fracking Movie Depicts Gas Companies as Liars 2013-01-06T19:15:02.303Z It might be about why “Promised Land” hit me so hard, and may hit you hard too if you spend time in the parts of America where the fracking debate is defining the future. How fracking is corroding small-town America 2013-01-03T01:00:00Z The announcement led to a wave of immigration to the "Promised Land", where members were formally converted to Orthodox Judaism. 'Lost tribe' settles in Israel 2012-12-25T10:12:18Z Participant films, the company behind Promised Land, is known for organising campaigns around its films, which tend to focus on public issues. Fracking lobbyists prepare case against Matt Damon's Promised Land 2012-12-17T18:05:40Z At the Southside Mall, “Promised Land” viewers wore buttons against hydraulic fracturing, and windows throughout the town display signs warning of its alleged environmental consequences. Gas Drilling Far From Imminent, but Debate Roils Otsego County 2013-01-07T02:54:56Z So I was very intrigued to see how Promised Land was going to handle the science and politics of fracking. Matt Damon s Fracking Movie Depicts Gas Companies as Liars 2013-01-06T19:15:02.303Z That’s where the natural gas companies, and guys like Steve Butler, the “land man” played by Matt Damon in “Promised Land,” come in. How fracking is corroding small-town America 2013-01-03T01:00:00Z Two years ago, with The Promised Land, the journalist and Leeds United fan Anthony Clavane made a successful venture into Hornby territory. Christmas gifts 2012: the best sport books 2012-11-28T13:00:04Z “We got a guy who has a chance to take us to the Promised Land, and that’s what you want,” Shanahan said. Redskins far from great, but in today’s NFL, they have enough to dream big 2012-10-21T00:55:21Z Seed&Spark, a film-focused crowdfunding startup based in and Brooklyn, , was built to help independent filmmakers get their projects through the wilderness and into the Promised Land. Changing the Face of Film Funding: Seed&Spark 2012-10-12T18:40:36Z Matt Damon’s Fracking Movie Depicts Gas Companies as Liars You won’t find any resolution about fracking in Promised Land, Matt Damon’s movie that went nationwide this weekend. Matt Damon s Fracking Movie Depicts Gas Companies as Liars 2013-01-06T19:15:02.303Z “Promised Land” is more about the way the politics of fracking can divide and poison rural communities, and bring false hope of a new dawn to downtrodden people. How fracking is corroding small-town America 2013-01-03T01:00:00Z To get to that Promised Land of personalized and predictive medicine, we need Big Data to guide us. Moving Healthcare from the 'Mad Men' Era into the Big Data Age 2012-10-03T06:00:06Z The literature that describes his reign reads like the description of the Utopia, or the Promised Land: socialistic in concept but capitalist in terms of prosperity and plenty. India Ink: In Kerala, Feasting, Splurging and Mollywood Usher in Onam 2012-08-30T07:21:07Z More than a few movement conservatives who want to defeat President Barack Obama see the Promised Land ahead, win or lose in November. Letter From Washington: Right Rules, but Centrists Lead Tickets 2012-08-26T16:20:08Z Okay, maybe we waive those criticisms because they don’t quite matter to the level of technical discourse in Promised Land. Matt Damon s Fracking Movie Depicts Gas Companies as Liars 2013-01-06T19:15:02.303Z The west is no longer the "Promised Land", placing at risk Europe's ability to compete globally. Europe's immigration challenge 2012-07-24T07:12:08Z It was at the southern Jordan river, the Bible says, that the people of Israel crossed into the Promised Land. Israel Plans to Revive Ailing Jordan River 2012-07-19T18:45:00.217Z “In 33 minutes,” he said, “we’ll begin our exodus to the Promised Land.” Celebrating Passover, and Bruce Springsteen, Too, at Madison Square Garden 2012-04-07T01:32:05Z Like the two spies, who entered the Promised Land in ancient days, Low and Denny viewed the goodly shores of Puget Sound for the sake of others by whom their report was anxiously awaited. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z Flam—I drop the mister when I speak of him as a principle—is our polar star—our cynosure in politics—our Pisgah, which gives us a view of the Promised Land. Quodlibet 2012-03-26T02:00:29.820Z Moses led the people to the Promised Land but didn’t enter. City Room: Learning to Worship Together in a Combined Parish 2012-03-23T14:59:27Z Our Russian comrades are taking the only way which will lead to the Promised Land. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z All the weary waiting was over at last, and his face was set toward his Promised Land. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z He died in sight of and without reaching the Promised Land. Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable 2012-03-08T03:00:11.013Z The same Power leads by a pillar of cloud as by a pillar of fire—the Power that deemed even Moses worthy only of a distant view of the Promised Land. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z After forty years of seeking new abodes, which of those who lead them shall touch the Promised Land? My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z You who have the qualities of the leader, who can take them to the Promised Land. The Everlasting Arms 2012-03-22T02:00:37.327Z He didn't get to his Promised Land either. Travelers Five Along Life's Highway 2012-03-11T03:00:12.927Z Seeing these things, many even of the Turks themselves anticipate their speedy departure from the Promised Land which they have so long occupied, and are beginning to set their houses in order for it. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z Benjamin often illuminated his talks on the Promised Land by references to the freedom and justice of America. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z What wonder is it that a poor woman now and then sacrifices her life in the attempt to build up a new home in this Promised Land? Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z If the aliens who drift to England, as to the Promised Land, could but know what awaited them! Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z Most probably it existed among the Israelites before Moses gave directions for the establishment of cities of refuge, when the children of Israel settled in the Promised Land. Old Church Lore 2012-01-31T03:00:14.880Z I have lived, like Moses, to see the entrance into the Promised Land. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z "Moses wasn't a very good speaker but he guided them to the Promised Land," Perry said. Perry: the candidate who couldn't shoot straight 2012-01-19T19:05:32Z Her eyes traveled out with native pride over the smooth opulence of the country, which had seemed the Promised Land to the eyes of its pioneer discoverers. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z For Cavaliers fans, James, a son of Akron, seemed like Moses, born to lead us to the Promised Land. Departure of a Star Is a Test of Faith 2011-12-31T22:01:44Z Once we get to the Promised Land, there will be milk and honey again.” London Brokers ‘Throw in the Towel’ as Debt Crisis Hits Revenue 2011-12-22T07:07:22Z The permanent occupation of the entire Promised Land is not a theological requirement for national liberation. How Israel Can Stop Alienating American Jews: Jeffrey Goldberg 2011-12-06T21:10:04Z Determined to make his way in this “new Promised Land,” the young adventurer contrived to secure the protection of Kristoffer Gabel, the king’s confidant, and in 1663 was appointed the royal librarian. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He little knew that he had merely come to Mount Pisgah, and that for many days he must be content with no more than a glimpse of the Promised Land. The Sailor 2011-12-03T03:00:11.697Z They liken themselves to the Israelites when they entered the Promised Land, and the natives to the Canaanites, whom they were to exterminate.” Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand 2011-12-02T03:00:22.447Z Philadelphia waited, the Promised Land of action and romance, had I not been hide-bound by Philadelphia conventions, absorbed in Philadelphia ideals, disdaining all others with the intolerance of my years. Our Philadelphia 2011-11-23T03:00:41.453Z And never once did she display any hankering after Egypt, rather seemed to regard this as the Promised Land, or at all events the doorway to it. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z The program, “The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley,” is the fourth installment of the CNN series “Black in America.” CNN Documentary Sets Off Debate on Diversity in Silicon Valley 2011-11-12T02:56:04Z "I reckon we're getting into the Promised Land," hazarded one of the Extra Limited's neighbors. The Pike's Peak Rush Terry in the New Gold Fields 2011-11-11T03:00:26.697Z For forty years they had wandered and now at last had come to the borders of the Promised Land. Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work 2011-11-01T02:00:21.043Z The documentary, “The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley,” the fourth installment in the CNN “Black in America” series, debuts on November 13 at 8 p.m. Race debate over Silicon Valley documentary heats up on Twitter 2011-10-28T21:28:00Z A new literary genre had cropped up to explore those conditions, in books like “Manchild in the Promised Land,” by Claude Brown, and “The Autobiography of Malcolm X.” Piri Thomas, Author of ?Down These Mean Streets,? Dies 2011-10-20T02:49:04Z Like the pioneer Abraham they had a large faith and went out in search of a Promised Land, not knowing what would be in store for them, for they saw it afar off. Some Pioneers and Pilgrims on the Prairies of Dakota Or, From the ox team to the aeroplane 2011-10-17T02:00:15.157Z If there were many thousand soldiers who marched unarmed and shoeless in the ranks, it was towards “the Promised Land” that he led them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z On December 6, a mournful caravan set out from Cairo with the Bishop's remains, recalling the sad procession which returned to the Promised Land with the bones of Joseph. Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ 2011-10-14T02:00:24.730Z Dubbed the Promised Land Trail, it retraces some of the routes forged by the state’s earliest pioneers. Tennessee tourism officials on Wednesday announcing 9th of 16 self-guided driving trails 2011-10-12T14:11:49Z The weary pilgrimage of a desert land is over, and from Nebo's height there stretches before you the Promised Land of rest and joy and everlasting bliss. Leo XIII., the Great Leader 2011-10-12T02:00:51.183Z Some of them, on their perilous journey to the Promised Land, subsisted on roots. Ocean to Ocean on Horseback Being the Story of a Tour in the Saddle from the Atlantic to the Pacific; with Especial Reference to the Early History and Devel 2011-10-06T02:00:32.743Z It's like Moses seeing the Promised Land from afar. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Moses died on Pisgah, in sight of the "Promised Land," toward which for forty years he had led the children of Israel through the wilderness. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z The sukkah, a flimsy structure whose roof is made of branches or reeds, is meant to remind Jews of the temporary dwellings the ancient Israelites lived in as they fled Egypt for the Promised Land. City Room: Larger, Private Park Is Found for TriBeCa Sukkah 2011-09-27T16:14:12Z “Moodie’s” was controlled by its rightful owners, but its name was as wormwood in the prospector’s mouth, and the quondam Promised Land became a spot accursed and despised. The Outspan Tales of South Africa 2011-08-31T02:01:41.410Z The passage described the Jews near the Promised Land, and the 10 spies Moses sent to report on it, and the way all but two of them, Joshua and Caleb, returned with fearful reports. On Religion: Prayer, and Bug Juice, at a Summer Camp for Jews of Color 2011-08-12T14:43:29Z At last the grand old man brought them to the very border of the Promised Land. Heroes of Israel Text of the Hero Stories with Notes and Questions for Young Students 2011-08-05T02:00:47.727Z The Bible tells us that the Lord went before the children of Israel in their journey from Egypt to the Promised Land in a pillar of fire by night. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z Up till the Emperor Joseph's time, the Jews had been devoid of any family names, as once in the Promised Land. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z God gave the Israelites specific instructions what to do when they gained the Promised Land. The Palm Tree Blessing 2011-07-11T02:00:05.463Z The natural avenues of approach to this Promised Land were the Red, Arkansas, and Missouri Rivers. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z CSR seems sometimes like this Promised Land Park surrounded by endless acres of clear-cut. Nike's Global Design Director On Limestone Wetsuits And Sustainability 2011-06-24T22:48:45Z He led the children o' Israel to the Promised Land, and then bade them fight for a' they wanted o' it, nor did they get ony more than they could win an' hauld. Donald McElroy, Scotch Irishman 2011-06-04T02:00:12.520Z According to the Bible, it is where the Children of Israel journeyed on their 40-year trek from Egypt to the Promised Land. Ready to ignite 2011-06-01T08:01:11Z Since then a Samaritan got busy my way and dumps me right down in the heart of the Promised Land, which just now seems to be flowing with milk and honey. The Son of his Father 2011-06-01T02:00:21.287Z "I know now how Moses felt, when from the crest of Pisgah he looked down to where the Promised Land was outstretched before him," was the reply. The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z In the middle of all of this clear-cut was a tiny public park that the company built and named “Promised Land Park.” Nike's Global Design Director On Limestone Wetsuits And Sustainability 2011-06-24T22:48:45Z Later I shall lead you to the Promised Land.’ The Philippines A Century Hence 2011-04-20T02:00:25.047Z "Promised Land" was the coming together of all these different things in a perfect way. Pete Tong: Soundtrack of my life 2011-03-27T00:02:02Z He had seen closely into the Promised Land. Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z "Suppose," asked Savage, "you buy stocks when they are high and sell them, or have them sold for you, when they are low, where does the Promised Land come in?" The Comstock Club 2011-05-18T02:00:16.367Z "Sure, the Promised Land seems to be coming into sight, after all," said old Tom, to the grumbler who marched ahead of him. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z He entered not the Nation’s Promised Land At the red belching of the cannon’s mouth; But broke the House of Bondage with his hand— The Moses of the South! Songs and Ballads of the Southern People 1861-1865 2011-03-06T03:00:22.800Z But at this supreme moment, when the last obstacle had been passed and the Promised Land was in sight, the fortune of war deserted us. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z "But, dear Hermann," said Kuhl, appeasingly, "the Promised Land they will never obtain, so that surely they must desire something else for themselves." Withered Leaves. Vol. I. (of III) A Novel 2011-02-25T03:01:10.707Z This was repeated three times, and the fourth line was the answer: "Safe in the Promised Land." The Setons 2011-02-10T03:00:48.400Z "The farther we march, the farther away seems the Promised Land," muttered the man whom old Tom had once likened to the murmuring children of Israel. The Road to Paris 2011-03-07T03:00:11.103Z Mr. Emanuel parried volleys with well-practiced agenda lists more specific than the others, even if his projected savings don’t get us to any Promised Land. Chicago News Cooperative: A Debate Worthy of the Student Council 2011-01-30T04:03:41Z Then, in truth, we shall have the Promised Land. The Negro in Literature and Art in the United States 2011-01-26T03:00:29.717Z With the sea before them, they wish to know what is to be found beyond it; they dream of the Promised Land. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z And with many tears of sorrow and regret on my part we started for the Promised Land. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z They were in Oregon, the Promised Land, and they remained so interested that they played their games only at sporadic intervals. The Lost Wagon 2010-12-20T17:12:36.807Z He followed the medical staff's instructions as if they were road maps to the Promised Land. Husky lineman's painful leg snap not end of story 2010-09-02T05:07:00Z “These people are filled with ideas that this is the Promised Land and their duty is to help the Jews,” said Izdat Said Qadoos of the neighboring Palestinian village. Tax-Exempt Funds Aiding West Bank Settlements 2010-07-06T01:40:00Z The rejection of Zion, though, goes back to the Torah itself, with its accounts of the Hebrews’ rebelling against Moses on the journey toward the Promised Land and pleading to return to Egypt. On Religion: A Resurgence for American Jews Who Reject Zionism 2010-06-26T03:29:00Z We sold our home, the other neighbors doing the same, and in a short time started for the 'Promised Land.' A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z The story of his voyage across the Atlantic to the “Promised Land of the Saints,” afterwards designated “St Brendan’s Island,” ranks among the most celebrated of the medieval sagas of western Europe. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" To return from the pilgrimage to the 'Promised Land,' and then fill the empty seat in the carriage with such a creature--many of the most trivial natures could not bring their hearts to it. The Children of the World And in the strength of this meat they are launched upon their new career, freemen, pilgrims of God, from Egyptian bondage to a Promised Land. The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus When the children of Israel went into the Promised Land God told them to let their land rest every seven years, and He would give them as much in six years as in seven. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments At the first peep of day most of us were up to take our first look at the Promised Land. A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons 2010-12-30T03:00:27.140Z To one side of it there was a dining-room adorned with chromos advertising gigantic vegetables and fruit, apparently imported from the Promised Land. A Top-Floor Idyl Do you think he had rest when he was teasing the Lord to let him go into the Promised Land? The Overcoming Life and Other Sermons I have," she says, "a great many miscellaneous books, The Promised Land, Laddie, A Girl of the Limberlost, The Friendly Road, and books of that kind. The American Country Girl Think of Eve in Eden, Achan just after Israel had entered the Promised Land, Ananias and Sapphira in the early Christian Church. Weighed and Wanting Addresses on the Ten Commandments And so the great Promised Land trek—a trek talked of for years past—was at last gathered together. Tales of South Africa Mary Antin, whose book, The Promised Land, had been read by everybody, was greeted by an audience far beyond the reach of her voice, speaking in her ardent manner. The Story of Chautauqua Jordan river is a narrow, winding stream flowing down on the eastern border of the "Promised Land." The Bible Story Like Moses, as Galvano says, he was allowed to see the Promised Land, but not to enter in. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" How men and women have come to it over the seas as to a new Promised Land. The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read Pharaoh consented to their going, and immediately the Children of Israel started on their long journey to the Promised Land. With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul To the Moors, Andalusia was the Promised Land flowing with milk and honey. Cathedrals of Spain Perhaps to Christine it was a glimpse of the Promised Land! Of Six Mediæval Women To Which Is Added A Note on Mediæval Gardens Her sojourn in that country—a kind of Promised Land for all those who in their own country have never enjoyed the realisation of their aspirations—was very advantageous to her. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century We should not be discouraged because the Negro does not make a bee-line from Egyptian bondage to the Promised Land beyond the Jordan. A Review of Hoffman's Race Traits and Tendencies of the American Negro The American Negro Academy. Occasional Papers No. 1 Was Moses permitted to enter the Promised Land? With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul We sang the songs 'Crossin' over Jordan' and 'Bound for the Promised Land'. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves, North Carolina Narratives, Part 2 Many die in this wilderness with their shoes worn out before reaching the Promised Land of Plato and the Tragedians. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 Through a Red Sea which no one would have dared to contemplate, we have attained to the Promised Land. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Yet he lost the Promised Land, because he allowed the children of Israel to provoke him, and “he spake unadvisedly with his lips.” Sowing and Reaping No. Who led the Children of Israel into the Land of Canaan, which was the Promised Land? With the Children on Sunday Through Eye-Gate and Ear-Gate into the City of Child-Soul God took Moses up on Pisgah and showed him the Promised Land. Men of the Bible But there was One coming after him who could take them into the Promised Land. Sovereign Grace Its Source, Its Nature and Its Effects He has brought us through the Red Sea right out into the wilderness, and opened up the way into the Promised Land. The Way to God and How to Find It And with that illusion generation after generation take up their burden and march, because beyond the wilderness there must be a Promised Land into which some day some creatures unknown will enter. A Modern Symposium Why must our Prophet's weary feet be stay'd Upon the borders of the Promised Land? The Poets' Lincoln Tributes in Verse to the Martyred President Abraham had been in the Promised Land without the promised heir. Men of the Bible But the thought came to her that she had only been vouchsafed a fleeting glance at it and to gaze, as Moses did of old, upon a Promised Land she could never really enter. The Peace of Roaring River The Lord has delivered them from the hand of the Egyptian, and would at once take them through the wilderness right into the Promised Land, if they were only willing to follow Christ. The Way to God and How to Find It It reminded me of the feeling Moses must have experienced when he looked upon the Promised Land. How I Filmed the War A Record of the Extraordinary Experiences of the Man Who Filmed the Great Somme Battles, etc. As she might have spoken to Noreen, so Mary-Clare spoke now to the woman who had only viewed life as Moses had the Promised Land, from her high mount. At the Crossroads Affliction came, and then we find that he left Haran, and started for the Promised Land. Men of the Bible Moses had only been permitted to gaze upon the Promised Land, but the Chosen People—the Germans—should yet luxuriate in its milk and honey. Dreamers of the Ghetto It is the vine which Noah planted after the Deluge; the vine of Israel and of the Promised Land; the vine of the parables in the New Testament. Manual of American Grape-Growing O Sculptor! thy great gift has shaped this clay, To image the profoundest truth, and stand As witness of the spirit power that may Achieve the vision of the Promised Land! Italy, the Magic Land The newcomers were looked upon as brethren, just coming into the "Promised Land." Negro Migration during the War Most elaborate preparations are made to reach the Promised Land, but the weary passenger never gets there. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland His face was turned to the westward, where the sunlight was fading behind the hills of the far-off frontier of the Promised Land. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas I did not fear the act of dying, but the manner—away out of the Promised Land. Memoranda Sacra To one visitor to Mr. Simmons’s studio this statue suggested the following lines:— Fair on her sight it gleams,—the Promised Land! Italy, the Magic Land The North has been looked upon as the "Promised Land," the "Ark of Safety," the "House of Refuge" for all these years. Negro Migration during the War Before we got to the Promised Land we kept the Sabbath in the wilderness.' Ghetto Comedies It was in this way that parties split up after they had entered the Promised Land. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas They had come at God's command almost to the borders of the Promised Land. Heart Talks Another of his ideal figures, “The Promised Land,” is a work of great spiritual exaltation and beauty. Italy, the Magic Land A bit of poetry which received widespread popularity was one called "Bound for the Promised Land." Negro Migration during the War The grapes also attained the enormous proportions of those so well depicted by Poussin in his "Return of the Envoys to the Promised Land." A Winter Amid the Ice and Other Thrilling Stories Next day, leaving their cattle and wagon at the Younkins homestead, the party, piloted by their 87 good-natured future neighbor, forded the Fork and went over into the Promised Land. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas The ten doubters died in the wilderness, and their bodies were left there; but the two who had faith went on into the Promised Land and died full of years and of honors. Heart Talks I thought it would be easier going to the Promised Land if Jordan did not roll between. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Tom Amaca was arrested for having "Bound for the Promised Land," a poem which had been recently published in the Defender. Negro Migration during the War The founder of the law had to be its victim, and his life and death might demonstrate the inability of the law to lead any man into the Promised Land. Days of Heaven Upon Earth They were in sight of the Promised Land. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas He held the old lady aloft, on one arm, shouting, as he pointed landwards— 'Look, mither, look! the Promised Land! Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Here, from a hill some 1,300 feet high, one looks eastward into the Promised Land of France—into German Lorraine. They Shall Not Pass A correspondent said: "White people are paying more attention to the race in order to keep them in the South, but the Chicago Defender has emblazoned upon their minds 'Bound for the Promised Land.'" Negro Migration during the War He saw but entered not the Promised Land. Days of Heaven Upon Earth The boys had devoured a little book by Mr. Robinson, the free-State Governor of Kansas, in which the richness of the Promised Land was glowingly set forth. The Boy Settlers A Story of Early Times in Kansas "As a piece of literature, as a personal memoir, 'The Promised Land' stands out among the books of years, stirring, human, poignantly alive." Otherwise Phyllis In the third week of August, 1914, a French army crossed the frontier of Alsace-Lorraine and entered the Promised Land, toward which all Frenchmen had looked in hope and sadness for forty-four years. They Shall Not Pass |
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