Sentences with phrase «air dropped by»

Initially some supplies were air dropped by the Luftwaffe but the size of the army and the weather conditions made the task near impossible.

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In England they found that «cleaning the air to the level of cleanliness enjoyed by the area with the best air [in the UK] would mean a 40 percent drop in the bronchitis death rate among males.»

U.S. military fighter - attack jets, bombers and drones have dropped more than 67,000 bombs since the 2014 start of Operation Inherent Resolve, the Defense Department's mission against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, according to information provided by Air Forces Central Command.

A metaphorical term for how a central bank could stimulate the economy by creating money from thin air, Bernanke wasn't literally suggesting dropping it from a helicopter.

By the end of its deployment, its air wing had dropped over 1,118 bombs on ISIS target, passing a previous record set by USS Theodore Roosevelt's air wing earlier that yeaBy the end of its deployment, its air wing had dropped over 1,118 bombs on ISIS target, passing a previous record set by USS Theodore Roosevelt's air wing earlier that yeaby USS Theodore Roosevelt's air wing earlier that year.

Citizens in major Indian cities can see their life expectancy drop by two years amid environmental problems like air pollution, but HTT can help resolve that, Gresta said.

At present, these payments are facilitated by Coinbase, however due to Coinbase's decision to drop their Coinbase Merchant Tools and move towards a new system called «Coinbase Commerce» CheapAir.com have reportedly decided to move to rivals BitPay in order to continue facilitating seemly air - travel payments, in Bitcoin, on their website.

Thanks to largely American military efforts, they were able to bring in oral rehydration salts to add to clean water dropped by air... they immunized every child under 5 yrs against measles, which is the biggest killer in these circu.mstances.

SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Air Cargo Week] By James Graham - February 20, 2018 Chinese import tariffs on Australian rock lobster dropped from six to three per cent on 1st January 2018, as part of the China - Australia Free...

Now giant $ 55,000 electric fans increasingly dot vineyards, automatically triggered into action by a thermometer to suck in higher, warmer air and blow it across the vines to fight the killing drop of cold air.

-- Mike Mike: Flower drop is usually caused by over-fertilizing, drought, or high air temperatures.

There are a number of reasons for this - as well as the obvious loss of downforce, by following in the wake of another car the dirty air generated causes the follower to slide around and overheat their tyres, which makes the idea of a driver dropping a couple of seconds behind a rival a more effective strategy.

They are wise words and should help Wilshere to relax, if he takes them on board, but if the boss then drops him for the very next game, they may seem just like so much hot air by the midfielder.

We're talking over two minutes of sitting in a giant cauldron while being blasted by nitrogen - chilled air to drop the air temperature as low as -320 degrees while undergoing a rejuvenation process called cryotherapy.

The air conditioning was a bit poor in our room — to be honest we didn't really need it for the first 4 nights as there was a real strong wind on an evening which kept things nice and cool but half way through our stay the wind suddenly dropped and the room was stifling — Reception actioned this immediately and sent an engineer to our room — who couldn't get it fixed although it did get marginally better — reception offered to change our room but again this was more hassle than it was worth by this point during our stay so they provided us a fan instead which did the job.

Science Sparks learned about gravity and air resistance by dropping eggs in different containers — a parachute, a balloon basket, and nothing.

It doesn't include big spending by the New York State Democratic Committee — the state party, which Ms. Teachout unsuccessfully tried to stop from running pro-Cuomo ads — which has dropped just under $ 5 million on air time in the gubernatorial race across the state, according to the figures, including more than $ 368,000 the week of the primary and almost $ 459,000 this week.

To have confidence built by overcoming a physical challenge either of endurance or scrambling in, what the books refer to as «exposed» situations (above sheer drops with lots of empty air around you) should be every child's birthright in this country.

With cooperative weather, the air can be cleaner, as proven by an experiment last year in which 1.3 million cars in the city were banned from driving and pollution levels dropped by 6,400 tons (5,800 metric tons), according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection.

Funding for climate research would drop 19 percent, weather and air chemistry research 25 percent and ocean, coastal and Great Lakes research by 49 percent.

Either one of those aircraft effects can drop the air temperature by more than 35 degrees Fahrenheit, flash - freezing the water vapor.

As a result, combined emissions of six common air pollutants have dropped by about 70 percent nationwide since the 1970 passage of the Clean Air Act, which regulates U.S. emissions of hazardous air pollutanair pollutants have dropped by about 70 percent nationwide since the 1970 passage of the Clean Air Act, which regulates U.S. emissions of hazardous air pollutanAir Act, which regulates U.S. emissions of hazardous air pollutanair pollutants.

Planting and irrigating forests would cause surface air temperatures to drop by 4 ° to 8 °C (blue) compared with the rest of the tropics (yellow).

The technology can reduce heating expenses by 10 to 20 percent, with a commensurate drop in greenhouse - gas emissions, according to a spokesman for Carrier, which makes furnaces and air conditioners.

And both the UN and ISAF data sets show a drop in deaths due to air strikes last year, by 50 % and 10 %, respectively.

Pope and his team analyzed life expectancy, economic, demographic and pollution data from 51 metropolitan areas, and found that when fine - particle air pollution dropped by 10 micrograms per cubic meter, life expectancy rose by 31 weeks — such as in Akron, Ohio and Philadelphia.

According to data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), levels of all major air pollution contaminants (ozone, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, particulate matter and lead) are down significantly since 1970; carbon monoxide levels alone dropped by more than 70 percent.

By measuring the size of the largest raindrop imprints (inset) in ash that solidified soon after an eruption 2.7 billion years ago (pocked slab, main image) and comparing them to the imprints made by drops of various sizes and momentums in lab tests, the team estimates that the density of Earth's oxygen - free atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago most likely ranged between 50 % and 108 % of today's air and was certainly less than twice its modern density — a thickness insufficient to offset the dimness of the sun at the timBy measuring the size of the largest raindrop imprints (inset) in ash that solidified soon after an eruption 2.7 billion years ago (pocked slab, main image) and comparing them to the imprints made by drops of various sizes and momentums in lab tests, the team estimates that the density of Earth's oxygen - free atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago most likely ranged between 50 % and 108 % of today's air and was certainly less than twice its modern density — a thickness insufficient to offset the dimness of the sun at the timby drops of various sizes and momentums in lab tests, the team estimates that the density of Earth's oxygen - free atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago most likely ranged between 50 % and 108 % of today's air and was certainly less than twice its modern density — a thickness insufficient to offset the dimness of the sun at the time.

A film review on Friday about the animated feature «Megamind» misidentified the character who tries to impress Roxanne by repeatedly dropping her from high in the air then swooping down to rescue her.

One funny thing I noticed is that when you get blown to smithereens by a rocket strike or Mortar Strike you just drop dead instead of blasting 50 feet into the air!

It joined a handful of other curiosities I was glad to catch at all: Peter Bogdanovich's labored sex farce She's Funny That Way, Saverio Costanzo's jaw - dropping vegan - momma horror story Hungry Hearts, David Gordon Green's messy Manglehorn and its confirmation of Al Pacino's embrace of grumpy old manhood, and (prior to its HBO airing) the two - part serving of Olive Kitteridge, a darkly comic, stingingly apt anatomy of depression across decades of marriage, as portrayed by Frances McDormand (Olive) and Richard Jenkins (long - suffering dear Henry).

Aired by Fox just one other time after it premiered and later dropped from syndication, the superficially disturbing «Home» went on to become the show's best - selling episode on VHS; it was but a matter of time until some enterprising producer recognized the franchise potential in its heartland troglodytes — and it was even more inevitable that they should be paired with a WB cast - off for the first big - screen vehicle, since no modern horror flick is complete without one.

Not only do they produce better outcomes than tradition products, they have improved the indoor air quality considerably, which has led to a big drop in absenteeism by teachers and pupils who suffer with asthma and allergies.

If you're off to visit the original (still - functioning) site of School of the Air in Alice Springs, you're going to want to drop by Uncle Edy's Ice Cream.

The updates help increase airflow and drop the inlet air temperature by more than 30 degrees compared with the 707 - hp Hellcat.

In this case, when the 6.0 - liter V - 8 inhales a mixture of air and CNG instead of gasoline, output drops by 16.4 percent, from 360 hp to 301 hp.

From one moment to the next, crisp fresh air grabs you by the lungs, the cabin's artificially generated 72 degrees drop by half as low - hanging clouds loom above.

Roof up it has an air of what I imagine could be called «gangsta rap» about it, the drop - down rear window no doubt being hugely convenient for drive - by shootings.

He compensated by dropping the air pressure in the right rear tire to 18 pounds while leaving the left rear at 28 and got an average 0 - 60 time of 7.6 seconds and a quarter - mile e.t. of 15.65 seconds at 92 mph.

A new button in the cargo area on models with air suspension controls a kneeling function that drops the car's liftover height by 2 inches to 27.2 inches.

On the intake side, the inlet ports are carefully designed for optimal performance by ensuring a good swirl pattern and air mass flow with a low pressure drop.

VW's boss Paul Willis recently predicted a possible drop in the UK to as low as 30 percent, driven by air pollution worries.

Indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring System New for Civic, indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) 2 uses wheel - speed data collected by the 4 - channel ABS system to determine when the air pressure in one tire drops below the recommended minimum.

By dividing the intake air ducts between internal air and ambient air, the RC's climate control system prevents a drop in temperature caused by ambient air intake when the heater is on, thereby increasing heating efficiency and saving energBy dividing the intake air ducts between internal air and ambient air, the RC's climate control system prevents a drop in temperature caused by ambient air intake when the heater is on, thereby increasing heating efficiency and saving energby ambient air intake when the heater is on, thereby increasing heating efficiency and saving energy.

New for Civic, indirect Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS) 2 uses wheel - speed data collected by the 4 - channel ABS system to determine when the air pressure in one tire drops below the recommended minimum.

The air flow created by the tail wing on the trunk lid removes the rain drops from the rear window.

You can drop by and see us in person, call us during business hours, or schedule your air filter service online!

Part of that comes from the active front air dam, standard on all Rams, which drops down by 2.5 inches (except on air suspension and Rebel) at around 35 mph; it has a clutch - release system to avoid damage if it hits something.

The optional air suspension drops the whole truck by 0.6 inches.

The redline was 5,800 rpm; the air - to - air intercooler dropped the air entering the turbocharge by 100 °F.