In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the renaissance. From LearnThat.org.
I don't think the term renaissance is overstating it. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com - News] Reference
The term renaissance is often used to describe any revival or rediscovery. From Wordnik.com. [Renaissance] Reference
Hence the word "renaissance" has come to be applied to Asia's reemergence today. From Wordnik.com. [George Yeo: Nalanda and the Asian Renaissance] Reference
You know, just -- my father was what they call a renaissance man, you know, he did everything. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 4, 2001] Reference
Is that enough to call it a 21st century coin renaissance?. From Wordnik.com. [Great Coin Design, by Committee : Coin Collecting News] Reference
But Rabaiotti believes the city's continued renaissance is now in jeopardy. From Wordnik.com. [Cuts come to a green and pleasant land] Reference
Among Frenchmen, to whom we owe the word renaissance, that problem was not mooted at first. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Other motives which I believe make toward the Settlement are the result of a certain renaissance going forward in. From Wordnik.com. [Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes] Reference
For the word renaissance implied that a place had once seen better times to which an infusion of cash would return it. From Wordnik.com. [A Traitor to Memory]
This seemed a reasonable and responsible approach — an ethnic renaissance is one thing, but a campaign for independence is another. From Wordnik.com. [Russia's Holy Warriors] Reference
The Sunny Era's take on what I'll call renaissance pop. From Wordnik.com. [Perfect Porridge] Reference
The renaissance was a prodigy that made onlookers exclamatory. From Wordnik.com. [Fascinating San Francisco] Reference
African renaissance, which is reflected in these developments. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
In retrospect, this decade may be known as a renaissance for cruise ship design. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
One of the impediments towards the realisati on of our renaissance is the question of racism. From Wordnik.com. [Address at Howard University, Washington] Reference
The art of the renaissance was the flower of a double root, and the artists used their complex stuff naïvely. From Wordnik.com. [A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
"He was an unusual combination, what I would call a renaissance man," says Anne Poulet, director of the Frick Collection. From Wordnik.com. [A Scholar of Literature Immersed in Art] Reference
The United States, China and the developing economies are leading the renaissance, which is consistent with past recoveries. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Has Sprung] Reference
Whether she will rise or not to the height of her opportunity in the renaissance, which is coming upon her, is the question of her destiny. From Wordnik.com. [Just follow the model of education set up by The Mother and Sri Aurobindo] Reference
This renaissance is hardly surprising. From Wordnik.com. [VAMPIRES ARE FOREVER | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews] Reference
And now Whitman pushes a "renaissance" of nuclear power plants. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Wasserman: Bush, Rudy and Whitman to New York: Drop Dead] Reference
He called for an Arab "renaissance" to lift people from their frustration. From Wordnik.com. [Arab League chief says Tunisia is dire warning] Reference
He expected the defence review would see the "renaissance" of the SA Navy. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
There has been a kind of renaissance in motion capture dance this last year. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference
As all of us know, the word "renaissance" means rebirth, renewal, springing up anew. From Wordnik.com. [Speech at the Launch of the African Renaissance Institute] Reference
At the French heart of its "renaissance," the nuclear clock is winding down, not up. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Wasserman: France's Nuke Power Poster Child has a Money Melt-Down] Reference
Although, I did look up Oklahoma City in Wiki and it said it is going through a "renaissance". From Wordnik.com. ["You seemed to be quite open about sexual issues or other behaviors such as drinking or smoking. Are you sure that's a good idea?"] Reference
The discovery comes during a time of "renaissance" in HIV vaccine research, one scientist said. From Wordnik.com. [What's News: World-Wide] Reference
The atomic "renaissance" has no tangible approved design, and no firm construction or operating costs to present. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Wasserman: Feds Say Nuke Reactor Revival NOT Ready for Prime Time] Reference
However, with the attempted "renaissance" of this murderous, suicidal technology, we will have to restart our movement. From Wordnik.com. [Part Two: Talking with Harvey Wasserman, activist, journalist, author, college professor (and more)] Reference
I feel that I need to object to those who are suggesting that this will cause some kind of renaissance of "ebay-proof" games. From Wordnik.com. [SonyBay] Reference
Throughout the US, while the corporate media hypes a "renaissance" of new nukes, facts on the ground say the opposite is happening. From Wordnik.com. [Harvey Wasserman: A Quiet but Huge No Nukes Triumph] Reference
After 9/11 there's no going back to the "renaissance" days. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
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