Sentences with phrase «affliction among»

In the US, more than 99 % of peanut farms use conventional farming practices including the use of fungicide, as mold is a common affliction among peanut crops.

Grange fatigue is a rare affliction among affluent wine buyers.

While giving lectures at a mid-western college I came face to face with a major affliction among young people: biblical illiteracy.

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(Daniel 12:2) Faith in a future resurrection, therefore, was not among the Hebrews an abstract theory, but was forged in the furnace of affliction.

Because dogs suffer from many of the same afflictions that can strike people — cancer, heart disease and diabetes, among them — the authors hope that Fidos genome will help narrow the search for disease - causing genes in his owner.

Afflictions are a common malady among the human beings whether self - inflicted (adhyatmika) or afflicted by another.

An estimated 50 - 70 million Americans suffer from some form of insomnia, with the affliction most common among the obese population and those with hypertension (high blood pressure), anxiety, and depression.

There are a few more among in the Best Supporting Actor ranks who took home the prize for a paternal role: James Dunn in «A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,» Jack Albertson in «The Subject Was Roses,» James Coburn in «Affliction,» Alan Arkin in «Little Miss Sunshine» and Christopher Plummer in «Beginners.»

Ear problems in general are uncommon in cats, but among the afflictions that do occur, ear - mite infestation is frequently diagnosed.

The ears, nose, stomach and other areas with naturally less hair are among the most common sites of affliction.

Politics, while hardly ignored (in works by Andrea Bowers, Sam Durant and Harrell Fletcher, among others), exchange claims of affliction for a greater emphasis on formal allure.

Among the ironies here was the impetus such political activity imparted to blocking the production of so - called «golden rice,» a nutritionally enhanced GM grain that public health advocates hailed for the contribution it could make to combating afflictions (including preventable blindness) in malnourished children in the developing world.

These are among the toughest afflictions to address, and there is a lot of misunderstanding about each of them.