Sentences with phrase «also sobering reminder»

To anyone who's spent time on Arctic sea ice (including me), the tragedy is also a sobering reminder that even the most carefully mounted forays in this unforgiving region come with unpredictable risks.

It not only reflects a mainstream recognition of this unfortunate trend, but is also sobering reminder of today's economic reality: homeowners» equity has been halved since 2005, leaving more than 15 million consumers underwater on their mortgages, and more than 6.5 million of those 30 % or more underwater.

Scientific instruments showed that the gas had reached an average daily level above 400 parts per million — just an odometer moment in one sense, but also a sobering reminder that decades of efforts to bring human - produced emissions under control are faltering....)

Not exact matches

It lies close enough to us even though they wish to keep away from any such unfortunate ones and to avoid all sober reminders not alone from the careless judgment of the storyteller's art, but also from the church and from the edifying insight that must certainly know that the Holy Scriptures have almost a predilection for the halt and the lame, the blind and the lepers.