Sentences with phrase «as near collapse»

Strauss - Kahn Case Seen as Near Collapse, New York Times (Jim Dwyer, William K. Rashbaum, and John Eligon)

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The collapse of Mt. Gox was seen as a test for bitcoin, which roared to a record high near $ 20,000 last year but has pulled back significantly since.

As we reported last year (http://www.3dpolicy.ca/content/how-credible-october-2010-fall-economic-and-fiscal-update), the near collapse of the EURO during the Greek crisis can not be seen as a minor «blip» soon to be forgotteAs we reported last year (http://www.3dpolicy.ca/content/how-credible-october-2010-fall-economic-and-fiscal-update), the near collapse of the EURO during the Greek crisis can not be seen as a minor «blip» soon to be forgotteas a minor «blip» soon to be forgotten.

The case advances as foreclosures remain near record highs as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, which was set off by a collapse in subprime real estate financing.

As a best - selling author of the book On the Brink, Paulson details his experiences as Treasury Secretary fending off the near - collapse of the U.S. economy during the Great RecessioAs a best - selling author of the book On the Brink, Paulson details his experiences as Treasury Secretary fending off the near - collapse of the U.S. economy during the Great Recessioas Treasury Secretary fending off the near - collapse of the U.S. economy during the Great Recession.

The argument, as outlined above, therefore collapses and we are left with the striking fact that the later the Gospel the more elaborate becomes the story of the empty tomb, 9 a phenomenon which is perfectly consistent with a developing and expanding tradition, but one which is inconsistent with eye - witness accounts, where one expects more detail and more reliability the nearer one is in time to the event being described.

As 400 mourners gathered at Greater St. Stephen Full Gospel Baptist Church the next day, with Guter wailing hysterically and Thompson near collapse, the lead story in the paper ran under a one - column head reading, EX-SAINT DENIES ABUSING WIFE.

We've been pretty competitive lately and new management had to rebuild the whole team and structure, as Rosella brought this club to near collapse (I know she loved the team but obviously Sensis were more passionate than acute businessmen, which worked for Roma only short term) Jimmy rubs me the wrong way and he can be as ignorant as only Americans can be (dw I hate all nations including my own but these repeated articles trying to beat him with some stick makes me almost like him.

And as we saw with Truex last year, if Harvick can amass such a volume of playoff points he then is a near lock to be among the four drivers vying for the championship at Homestead - Miami Speedway where the only way he wouldn't qualify is him completely collapsing in the semi-final round.

... President John Agyekum himself inappropriately acquired government land; in Kumasi... when you engage in this kind of conduct as President, and the country did not collapse, that same country will not collapse under the leadership of President Mahama who do not go near state lands.

The revelation of Clegg's near resignation and subsequent attempt to force him out comes as part of a Guardian investigation into the collapse of the party that was in government until just over a month ago.

While some may see evidence of rapid glacier thinning in the past and again today as evidence that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is nearing a collapse driven by human - caused climate change, Steig said at this point, scientists just don't know whether that is the case.

As more ice are removed near the ice margin, more intraplate earthquakes are induced and this positive feedback may explain the fast collapse of ice sheets.

From the opening section, which finds Harry fending off an attack by Dementors in a storm sewer near his neighborhood and running afoul of wizard rules prohibiting spell - casting in the presence of Muggles, through the installation of a chillingly polite authoritarian named Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton) as Hogwarts» new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and future grand inquisitor, to the near - collapse of the wizard world's governing body, the increasingly ossified and timid Ministry of Magic, Phoenix is steeped in a mix of fear and futility confirmed by the movie's visuals, photographed by cinematographer Slawomir Idziak.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao directed Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) officials today to award $ 10 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help begin repairs on the bridge over Atlanta's I - 85 near Piedmont Road which collapsed during rush hour as a result of intense heat from a fire below.

Finalist in the 2015 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards and semifinalist in the 2015 Kindle Book Awards, Do Not Resuscitate is the firsthand account of Jim Frost, an aging misanthropist who witnessed the rise and fall of the United States as a world power, the digitalization of the planet, the advent of the water wars, and the near collapse of the global economy.

First, we have those who believe that paper books are a thing of the past and that the publishing industry as it stands is going to collapse under its own weight in the near future.

This discussion was published in December 2007, near the start of the 2007 - 2009 market collapse, and includes an Epilogue as of October 2017.

Looking back, we enjoy the benefit of hindsight... but let's not under - estimate the existential threat to the company at the time: Operating free cash flow was minimal, there was little opportunity to realise assets (except at fire - sale prices) in 2009 - 11, almost EUR 400 million of net losses, investment write - downs & goodwill impairments were recorded in the five years ending in 2012 (which actually understates a near - 85 % collapse in net equity), as the banks kept shrinking their committed facilities & imposing harsher terms (and seriously considering pulling the plug).

Set in a near - future global recession caused by an event colloquially referred to as «The Shanghai Collapse,» Act of Aggression pits three factions against each other: U.S. Army, the Chimera Protocol and the Cartel.

By repeating and copying art historical and archival sources, literary texts, and objects made far away and long ago, they collapse distance as near and far or «here» and «there.»

The Spanish economy, as the world knows, is mired in recession, with a collapsed real - estate market, a shaky banking system, and an unemployment rate nearing 30 percent.

Paul D... As a part - time alarmist I would answer that with a little bit of extrapolation added to some warnings of climate scientists I guess the worst case scenario at least includes the total collapse of the WAIS, creating tsunamis at least all over the Pacific rim, the subsequent sea level rise of c. 7m will destroy most of the remaining harbours, communication centers near coasts, next up would be the melting of the collapsed ice in the southern ocean altering the climate of the entire southern hemisphere, making it near - impossible to guess what areas are good for similar agriculture as before, leading to massive movements of peoplAs a part - time alarmist I would answer that with a little bit of extrapolation added to some warnings of climate scientists I guess the worst case scenario at least includes the total collapse of the WAIS, creating tsunamis at least all over the Pacific rim, the subsequent sea level rise of c. 7m will destroy most of the remaining harbours, communication centers near coasts, next up would be the melting of the collapsed ice in the southern ocean altering the climate of the entire southern hemisphere, making it near - impossible to guess what areas are good for similar agriculture as before, leading to massive movements of peoplas before, leading to massive movements of people.

As economic collapse draws ever nearer we will see massive releases due to military attacks on oil fields and infrastructure.

(Cf., Diamond's account of the Norse collapse in Greenland; as the Norse were starving into near - extinction, the better - adapted Thule culture people were thriving.)

As negotiations neared collapse, the United States refused to concede defeat and worked with global partners to take a meaningful and unprecedented step forward in international climate negotiations.

Ironically the non-signer of Kyoto has near met the terms of the Kyoto Protocal while all the signees merely talked a good show, despite the pre-rigged benefit of counting the East Bloc collapse, as help.

The analogy to the Number 12 is incomplete because oceanographers imagine a third mode of global climate, seen only in the aftermath of Heinrich events, where the Hudson's Bay ice mountain collapses and iceberg armadas sail from Canada across to France, dropping rocks off their bottoms all the way (which is how they were detected, as layers in ocean - floor cores that get thicker and thicker as you get nearer Hudson Strait).

Even if a country as wealthy as the US tried to get anything near 80 % of it's power from solar, our economy would collapse from the effort and the environmental degradation would be horrendous.

That study showed sea ice extent crashing by two thirds by the 2030s and then collapsing to near - zero shortly thereafter — unless we cut global GHG emissions about 60 % to 70 % almost immediately and have further cuts after that, an implausible assumption the authors never spelled out clearly (as I explain here).

In the wake of Cobbetts» recent rescue takeover by DWF and Dewey & LeBoeuf's implosion last year, the latest Big Question survey found 95 % of respondents acknowledging the possibility that more large corporate law firms would fail in the near term, including 32 % who believed another collapse in the next two years was «likely» and a further 42 % describing such an event as «very likely».

Legal Aid Ontario (this being the body that I, as a Toronto lawyer, have the most familiarity with) has been teetering on and off near the brink of collapse for years now.