Sentences with phrase «u.s. on a raft»

After making the treacherous journey to the U.S. on a raft, he met Matos's mother, an immigrant from the Dominican Republic.

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China has announced a new raft of tariffs on U.S. products, including soybeans and cars.

Treasury yields on Friday book a weekly drop as geopolitical instability keeps investors pouring into the perceived safety of government paper, but for the day, rates of government paper rise as a robust raft of economic data suggested U.S. growth would maintain its steady clip, ahead of a key monetary - policy update on Wednesday.

It relied on a raft of published materials, including work by the Nobel Peace Prize - winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and a series of 21 studies from the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.

Jack O'Connell is starring as Louis Zamperini, a U.S. soldier who survived on a life raft with two others for 28 days after a plane crash.

Welna covered the 1992 United Nations Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest, the mass exodus of Cubans who fled the island on rafts in 1994, the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico, and the U.S. intervention in Haiti to restore Jean Bertrand Aristide to Haiti's presidency.

In an invaluable new analysis, John Bailey of Whiteboard Advisors — and veteran of the White House, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Commerce — examines how the federal government excludes for - profit educational providers even as it welcomes for - profits in a raft of other vital areas (Full disclosure: Bailey's piece is published by my shop at AEI, as part of my ongoing series on «Private Enterprise in American Education.»)

The October 2014 issue of RPM examines the Seattle - area school shooting in light of other information on school violence; delves into a raft of research on college - going rates; considers new information on student well - being in the U.S.; examines education issues in next month's elections; and shares information about initiatives in which the Rural Trust is involved.

Maybe what Volvo is really onto here is the fact that the traditional station wagon is no longer even a niche vehicle, but has, despite the wishes of the many wagonistas with whom I share a line of work with, evolved into a boutique one — at least here in the U.S. With a sales pace exceeded even by the likes of Lamborghini, the 2018 Volvo V90 offers its small crop of buyers what the XC90 and V90 CC can not: the exclusivity of an exotic that can hold its own on a canyon road while hauling the dogs or a raft of cargo at the same time.

Guests will receive the following amenities associated with the Resort Fee: Comforts: • Complimentary dining for children five years old and younger in SEVEN, Bar Jack, Andiamo and Taikun • High - speed and wireless Internet access • Use of laptop computers available in Silver Palm Lounge • Morning coffee and tea available in Silver Palm Lounge • Valet parking • Calls to U.S. and Canada (10 minute limit per day) Recreation: • Access to Starfish Cay, an interactive water playground for children and families • Use of Basketball court • Access to la prairie spa facilities including steam rooms, saunas and whirlpools • The fitness center and invigorating fitness classes such as Yoga, Latin Dance Party and Total Toning • Water sports toys including kayaks, standing paddle boards, water tricycle, floating rafts, paddle boats and water hammocks • One - on - one sailing lessons • Snorkeling gear and lessons from our water sports experts at 10:30 a.m. daily • Use of the Jean - Michel Cousteau's Ambassadors of the Environment turtle splash pool • Use of The Ritz - Carlton Golf Club, Grand Cayman chipping and putting green, and hitting area at The Courts by Bollettieri • Use of the hitting area and tennis courts (hard) at The Courts Entertainment: • Movies under stars at the Harbour Club Theatre • Access to a comprehensive DVD Library for in - room viewing • Game room Important Information: Redemption information will be provided by the hotel at check - in.

In his 2013 State of the Union message, President Obama announced that the U.S. would move forward on negotiations with the European Union for the Trans Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade deal that raises a raft of serious environmental concerns.