( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

For one thing, there is a natural belt of rock across the river bed ; ;

In addition, they have been converted to Zen Buddhism, with its glorification of all that is `` natural '' and mysteriously alive, the sense that everything in the world is flowing.

But the natural condition for the heavenly bodies is neither rest, nor rectilinear motion.

The natural and primary aesthetic attitude is to enjoy contemporary art, to despise and dislike the art of the recent past, and wholly to ignore everything else ''.

His father was a professor at Hartford Theological Seminary, and from him he acquired a conviction, which he passed along to me, that there is in the universe of persons a moral law, the law of love, which is a natural law in the same sense as is the physical law.

An uncompromising belief in the moral law has the advantage of making religion natural, even as physical law is natural.

This truth that the moral law is natural has other important corollaries.

And the entirety of the natural world is party to the action.

Hence the natural setting of tragedy is the palace gate, the public square, or the court chamber.

But preservation of the natural beauty of the Cape is of more than regional concern, for the automobile age has made it the recreation spot of people from all over the country.

Public sentiment for conserving our rich natural heritage is growing.

He won't submit to his natural desires all the time, and it's Mother's love that is responsible for his good behavior.

I once heard a comedian say that if you are killed by a taxicab in New York, it is listed as `` death due to natural causes ''.

Each one of these is, by its nature, a focal point or a point of natural congestion.

When one powerful nation strives to emulate the success of another, it is only natural.

The impression was unmistakable that, whatever one may choose to call it, natural law is a functioning generality with a certain objective existence.

This cooling does not change the avocado in any way, it just delays the natural softening of the fruit until a grovelike temperature ( room temperature ) is restored.

The effect of the recording is very open and natural, with the frequency emphasis exactly what you would expect from a live performance.

The spectacular upsurge in pleasure boating is markedly evident, expectedly, in the areas where boats have always been found: the natural lakes, rivers, and along the nation's coastline.

A tour of several of them is possible in a two-week vacation while a stay at just one of these natural beauty spots can be of equal reward.

It is located in the southern French Alps, at the crossroads between Provence, Piedmont and the Dauphiné, and is the largest town in the Ubaye Valley.

" This liminal role is reflected in a number of her cult titles: Apotropaia ( that turns away / protects ); Enodia ( on the way ); Propulaia / Propylaia ( before the gate ); Triodia / Trioditis ( who frequents crossroads ); Klêidouchos ( holding the keys ), etc.

With the borders of the modern state at the crossroads of the Bantu, Nilo-Saharan and Afro-Asiatic ethno-linguistic areas of Africa, Kenya is a truly multi-ethnic state.

Hezbollah became a part of the Lebanese government following the 2005 elections but is at a crossroads regarding UNSCR 1559's call for its militia to be dismantled.

Today, the city along the Cumberland River is a crossroads of American culture, and one of the fastest-growing areas of the Upland South.

Serbia, and in particular the valley of the Morava is often described as " the crossroads between the East and the West "-one of the primary reasons for its turbulent history.

It is likely that Maugersbury was the primary settlement of the parish before Stow was built as a marketplace on the hilltop nearer to the crossroads, to take advantage of passing trade.

He is at a crossroads in his life.

It is also a large crossroads between several of the main streets of the city: avenue Jean Médecin, avenue Félix Faure, boulevard Jean Jaurès, avenue de Verdun and rue Gioffredo.

It is a crossroads between the Vieux Nice ( old town ) and the town centre.

Regensburg is situated on the northernmost part of the Danube river at the geological crossroads of four distinct landscapes:

Did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?

Marchese ( 1989 ) notes the fact that many of these peoples were recruited as “ crew ” by European seafarers ; “ the homonymy with crew is obvious, and is at least one source of the confusion among Europeans that there was a Kru / crew tribe ” Andrew Dalby noted the historical importance of the Kru languages for their position at the crossroads of African-European interaction and wrote that “ Kru and associated languages were among the first to be encountered by European voyagers on what was then known as the Pepper Coast, a center of the production and export of Guinea and melegueta pepper ; a once staple African seaborne trade ”.

Trieste is located at the head of the Gulf of Trieste and throughout history it has been influenced by its location at the crossroads of Germanic, Latin and Slavic cultures.

The UdG is a public, multipurpose and interdisciplinary university, rooted in and shaped by a country rich in culture and knowledge that has been at the crossroads of civilisation.

Montparnasse () is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.

In the Vodou tradition, Papa Legba is the lwa of crossroads.

Although many modern listeners believe that the premier song about soul-selling at a crossroads is " Cross Road Blues " by Robert Johnson, the song may be a description of standing at a cross roads and trying to " flag a ride " or hitch-hike ; the sense of foreboding coming from the singer's apprehension of finding himself, a young black man in the 1920s deep south, alone after dark and at the mercy of passing motorists.

The name is derived from the Arabic word jayyan, ( crossroads of caravans ).

crossroads of Western Europe ; majority of West European capitals within 1, 000 km of Brussels which is the seat of both the EU and NATO

Because it is located at one of the major crossroads of communication in the Catalan Pyrenees, la Seu d ' Urgell has had a unique and historic role in the county of Urgell.