Sentences with phrase «lifeboat by»

If someone asked you to balance a dinner plate on your hand; then placed a bunch of marbles that have their own individual take on the concept of gravity on the plate; then they asked you to kindly manage to balance the plate in just the right way to cause them to fall in to pockets on the side of the plate; you'd have a fair idea of what to expect with Lifeboat by Fuel Games.

She has edited three New York Times bestsellers including The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey, The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan, and The Still Point of the Turning World by Emily Rapp.

The Lifeboat by Charlotte RoganRegan Arthur • $ 24.99 • ISBN 9780316185905publishing April 17, 2012Historical fictionThis first novel is high on our list of most anticipated debuts, and it definitely lives up to the hype.

The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan.

For fans of literary suspense who want something for their book club: Read The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan, the BookPage staff favorite that takes place in 1914 after a luxury liner sinks and leaves a group of survivors on a too - small lifeboat.

The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan (Regan Arthur).

The German earns his keep on the lifeboat by helping out with the navigation and an impromptu amputation, but it soon becomes apparent that he may not be as benign as he lets on.

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That year Gold formed Lifeboat Associates in the basement of his partner's apartment house (which he called «the dungeon») and set out to rectify the situation by distributing nonproprietary software.

In the last year, VisiCalc has been joined on the market by numerous financial analysis programs, including SuperCalc from Sorcim Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif., T — Maker II from Lifeboat Associates of New York City, TARGET from Advanced Management Strategies of Atlanta, and Micro DSS / Finance from Ferox Microsystems of Arlington, Va..

He was making the case that men are «hardwired» to protect women and women are «hardwired» to be protected by men, and so the lifeboats on Titanic prove that women should not teach or lead in the church.

Responding to Garrett Hardin's «lifeboat ethics,» for instance, such people would say it is better to take everyone on board and to let the boat sink rather than for those in the lifeboat to dehumanize themselves by keeping others out.

But aren't the selective «lifeboat» procedures in fact being practiced even now by the United States, and by other governments and international agencies?

Q.: Proponents of triage and lifeboat ethics have responded to criticisms by advancing several formulations of an argument based upon biological need.

You are being swept away by the river of despair so rhymeskeema is offering you the lifeboat of love before you get to the waterfall of doom.

As the ship drifted under the island of Cauda, twenty - three miles south of where they had hoped to land, they had to draw in the little lifeboat attached by ropes to the larger ship from behind to keep it from being dashed into their ship by the gales.

Taylor survived the dunking by donning an Abercombie & Fitch duck - hunting suit that he had bought to meet just such an emergency and, except for the fact that the damn zipper snagged, he passed a comfortable 12 hours adrift in a lifeboat before being rescued by a passing freighter.

By this time the sea was so rough that they could not pull me aboard a lifeboat.

Schettino was nicknamed «Captain Coward» by the media, after the coastguard released recordings of him in a lifeboat resisting orders to return to the stricken vessel.

At the moment the coalition is floating in Darling's stimulus lifeboat - when the cuts really bite in the autumn and the private sector doesn't deliver the 2.7 M new jobs, the 300 Bn of new investment and incrase exports by a third whilst unemploment heads for 5m, LibDem MPs will see the writing on the wall and feel the ire of their constituents and party members.

Second, that if every ship is sinkable, it should carry at least a sufficient number of lifeboats to take care of every person on board until other ships, summoned by wireless, can reach the scene of a disaster.

Early designs for the Titanic did in fact call for 64 lifeboats, but by the time the ship was launched, the company had whittled that complement down to 20.

According to a new survey by the website Lifeboat, only a quarter of us report being satisfied with our friendships, and nearly two - thirds of us lack confidence in our closest pals.

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They are stuffed into a tiny lifeboat with hardly any visibility from the outside world and their patience lessens by the minute.

But then, towards the end, the film loses focus as we leave the lifeboat, first to visit a strange floating island inhabited by meerkats (why meerkats?)

Despite overwhelming odds, four men, led by Coast Guard Capt. Bernie Webber (Pine), set out in a wooden lifeboat with an ill - equipped engine and little, if any, means of navigation, facing frigid temperatures, 60 - foot high waves and hurricane - force winds.

We caught them between takes of a scene set in that humble lifeboat, which was getting slammed by water in a giant tank in a nondescript warehouse.

Though a classic by today's standards, and one of Hitchcock's many great films, at the time of its release Lifeboat suffered its share of controversy, primarily for making the Nazi a somewhat likeable character.

The only thing keeping the two surviving lifeboats in the sky are Hell Divers: men and women who risk their lives by diving to the surface to scavenge for parts the ships desperately need.

The cover of the universally acclaimed Life of Pi by Yann Martel does an excellent job of framing the story and building an emotional connection to the protagonist, a young man trapped on a lifeboat with a ferocious tiger.

The media, as driven and owned by the banks would have «us» believe that this act is a mandatory lifeboat response having to do with managing risk and loss precipitated by natural disaster credit - card reliance (since our government was out partying during these events and cutting birthday cake) and the mortgage fiasco which in fact was created by the banks themselves when they threw billions of dollars at unqualified consumers around 2001 with knowledge of their poor risk and just to make a buck.

We were shown to a private function room for a reception of wine and canapés, which I consumed rather sheepishly while looking down on the Titanic slipway, where an outline of the ship appears, flanked by silhouettes of the too - few lifeboats.

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C4 and C5 Staterooms have views obstructed by lifeboats.

The most famous traverse of this frigid sea was made in 1916 by Sir Ernest Shackleton and five others in the adapted lifeboat James Caird when they left Elephant Island and reached South Georgia two weeks later.

Interior Staterooms Picture Window (Obstructed View) are 185 sq ft, sleep two to four guests and have a picture window with views partially obstructed by the ship's lifeboats or other structures.

Interior Staterooms Picture Window (Obstructed View) are 185 to 220 sq ft, have a picture window with a view that is partly blocked by the ship's lifeboats or other ship structures, include two twin beds that convert to a king - size bed and sleep one to two guests.

These suites have views that are partly obstructed by the ship's lifeboats or other structures.

To avoid further incidents, the captain, accompanied by some crew members boarded a lifeboat and were soon rescued not far from Woody Island.

All those publishers who hoped to escape the crowded holiday release season by pushing their titles to next year are starting to realize the Q1 2010 lifeboat is riding a little low in the water.

By escaping to a Lifeboat, or even being stranded, alone in the water, there is still a chance to survive and fight your way back to the top.

The association to island life, leisure and water - recreation, surfaces by extension through the rendering of a solitary oar and discarded inflatable lifeboats in suggested states of inflation and deflation.

Lot 46, «Lifeboat,» is a bronze sculpture by Jeff Koons (b. 1945).

The problem is that by the time we know enough to have any confidence at all in this lifeboat, CO2 may have risen to the point where the lifeboat becomes not just a backup, but a necessity.

raypierre: «The problem is that by the time we know enough to have any confidence at all in this lifeboat, CO2 may have risen to the point where the lifeboat becomes not just a backup, but a necessity.»

«After it sinks,» he said, «there are still going to be lifeboats that survive to be picked up by the next ship that comes along.»

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I care not for how I am judged — I'm quitting the debate after what I learned at AGU and heading off to build my lifeboat for my family — but such fast and loose reporting can seriously damage the reputation of AGU, as can easily be seen my Mr. Mosher's quick, opportunistic, and sickly calculated disinformation displayed by his posting of my face with the caption of «The new AGU» by it.

The trivia ain't bad either: did you know that Captain Henry Hudson, after «discovering» the Hudson, was overtaken by a mutinous crew and was set to sea in a lifeboat never to be heard from again?

• Vessels only propelled by oars or paddles • Non-motorized sailboats that are 8 feet in length (most jet skis, wave runners) • Surfboards or sailboards • A ship's lifeboat (does not include dinghies) • Vessels currently registered in another state (if used primarily outside California)