Sentences with phrase «as big a gulf»

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The Gulf airline is the biggest A380 customer as its schedules offer more long - haul trips than its rivals.

In what's described as the biggest refugee crisis since the end of World War II, Maurer called on European and Gulf countries to step up their efforts to support the region.

Rooms are fairly typical for a Holiday Inn beach hotel, with fresh bedding, and convenient extras such as full - size fridges and microwaves; the balconies featuring gulf views are perhaps the biggest draw.

DUBAI, May 3 - Gulf markets were trading mixed on Thursday, but some selective buying was seen in stocks on the back of strong earnings, such as in Saudi Arabian Mining Co and Saudi Arabia's biggest lender National Commercial Bank.

That sounds reasonable, as the Gulf Coast is home to most of the nation's biggest refineries, many of which can process heavy Canadian crude.

Before branching out on his own, he was one of legendary investor Julian Robertson's first so - called tiger cubs, responsible for some big market calls during the 1990s such as the collapse of oil prices after start of the Persian Gulf War and the plunge in the British pound.

Some of the biggest developers in New York are funded by capital from the wealthy Gulf states — United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — but these backers, unlike those from countries such as Canada and Norway, prefer staying behind the curtain.

It's been happening all along for the last several decades as big ag devastated environments from the Gulf of Mexico to the cattle grazing lands of the mid-West.

In particular, more than half of those surveyed knew who ran the oil well that exploded in the Gulf, that the budget deficit is larger now than in the 1990s, that Republicans were the big winners on November 2nd (though fewer than half know that they'll only control the House and fewer still can identify John Boehner as Speaker), that the U.S. has an international trade deficit, and that unemployment is pretty close to 10 percent.

Rucker draws cooking inspiration from far and wide, including his early New England days at Johnson & Wales, his stages in Big Sur, Calif., and the shores of Texas» Gulf Coast, but none so much as from his true culinary mentor, his mother Bootsie.

From then on he spent much of his time fishing the Gulf Stream, in the golden age of big game, angling in the company of such notables as Michael Lerner and Ernest Hemingway.

As a result, aside from some who will use this as ammunition against Guardiola for splashing out in order to get City to the position they're currently in, it could perhaps also form part of the argument that the gulf in the Premier League comes down to the big clubs making the most of their financial muscle and causing a disparity with the rest of the leaguAs a result, aside from some who will use this as ammunition against Guardiola for splashing out in order to get City to the position they're currently in, it could perhaps also form part of the argument that the gulf in the Premier League comes down to the big clubs making the most of their financial muscle and causing a disparity with the rest of the leaguas ammunition against Guardiola for splashing out in order to get City to the position they're currently in, it could perhaps also form part of the argument that the gulf in the Premier League comes down to the big clubs making the most of their financial muscle and causing a disparity with the rest of the league.

While it may not have been a neutrals cup of tea, Big Sam knew full well that beating Manchester United, a team with everything to play for, wasn't going to be easy, in fact almost impossible considering the huge gulf in class between the two sides, but the draw was always a viable option and so it was to little surprise that Sam Allardyce pinpointed the point as a great result, and credit to him and the players for perfecting their tactics as they were duly rewarded with their target point.

The crisis has presented Tillerson, well known in the Gulf from his former role as chief of energy giant ExxonMobil, with his first big challenge as Washington's top diplomat.

First, as pointed out by Masters, there was a big loop in the jet stream over the continent, funnelling warm air northwards from the Gulf of Mexico.

This disaster is just as devastating as the oily sheen that dominated the news after the BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico, and I am so grateful to Wendy and XPRIZE for identifying acidification as the next big ocean priority the U.S. must address.

The gulf between first and second place was not as big as we would have anticipated.

In the 1980s, Pickens became famous as a corporate raider, with several big deals of which Gulf Oil was among the largest.

Shrimp, sea turtles, «sport fish,» teal & doves all get a break HOUSTON, Texas ---- As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans, pets, livestock, and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana, especially big birds who could not escape from the wind, early damage assessments indicate that -LSB-..As hard as Hurricane Harvey hit humans, pets, livestock, and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana, especially big birds who could not escape from the wind, early damage assessments indicate that -LSB-..as Hurricane Harvey hit humans, pets, livestock, and some of the most vulnerable wildlife along the Gulf Coast of Texas and adjacent part of Louisiana, especially big birds who could not escape from the wind, early damage assessments indicate that -LSB-...]

Smaller U.S. airlines JetBlue and Hawaiian have long opposed the Big 3's effort to rein in the Gulf carriers, characterizing the lobbying campaign as an attempt to protect market share at the expense of U.S. consumers.

As the official WTA media partner, BBC World will broadcast the big event to over 254 million homes in over 200 countries Other confirmed media include Breaking travel News, Conde Nast, Harald Tribune, Khaleej Times, Gulf News, TTN, Hotel Executive, Emirates Today, Ahlan, Time Out, Travtalk ME, Al Bayan, Trends Magazine, Arabian travel News, Jumeirah Beach magazine and Shwanti» magazine.

Meanwhile on the other side of the gulf, Sea of Thieves carries a # 49.99 price tag, which also represents an increase in RRP as Microsoft started this gen with a # 44.99 price point for their «big» games.

There has been an overwhelming popular demand for us to weigh in on recent reports in the Times Britain faces big chill as ocean current slows and CNN Changes in Gulf Stream could chill Europe (note the interesting shift in geographical perspective!).

Oil Spill Cleanup on the High Seas How quickly crews can react, how big a spill is (or, in the case of the Gulf incident, an underground leak from an an exploration oil rig, as opposed to a production rig or boat), and weather conditions all have a lot to do with the type of remediation or containment that will be chosen.

What better way to «give back to the Gulf» — and to the people whose livelihood depend on a healthy Gulf — than to protect the deep reefs and string of «topographic highs» in the Northern Gulf, the spawning areas for tuna, the critical places for menhaden, grouper, snapper, shrimp and others, as well as the vital — but neglected — seagrass meadows of Florida's Big Bend area, from Panama City to Tampa Bay.

Huge rainfall totals occurred over the Big Bend of Florida as well as over the Gulf of Mexico.

Financial crisis or not, the folks in the Persian Gulf are thinking big, as usual.

Meanwhile, «CarnivOil» events in Wisconsin drew more yawns than people, as desperate Big Environment groups struggled to regain their momentum, by ranting about global warming, the Gulf oil spill, and «evil» oil companies.

Even as the perpetrators of the biggest environmental catastrophe in US history tout their efforts to clean up the oil spill swirling around the Gulf, they neglect to mention one thing: they still stand to make millions of

Congratulations, BP — you've broken the record for the biggest spill in the history of the Gulf, as well as the biggest in US history, no easy feat.

Photo via Getty So Far, Anyways... Oil Continues Spewing at 200,000 Gallons a Day As you may already know, BP's primary plan to cap the geyser of oil in the Gulf of Mexico was to lower a 40 ft 100 ton containment dome onto the biggest leak site.

Which suggests that no matter how great the scope of the ongoing disaster in the Gulf ends up being — whether it's as big as the Valdez spill or smaller — the impact it's going to have on wildlife is indeed going to be significant.

Here in the Gulf, they can be a big as dinner plates.»

As the Jet Stream dip became more oriented toward the East Coast during March, storms that would ultimately blow up over the Atlantic at first got a big plug of moisture from the extra evaporation flowing off that warmer than normal Gulf.

Mr. Budd, a shareholder of Baron & Budd since 1985 and president and managing shareholder since 2002, has expanded the firm from its cornerstone asbestos practice to a national firm capable of tackling the biggest defendants in areas as diverse as pharmaceutical and medical device injury, water contamination, BP Gulf oil spill, financial fraud and various other areas of practice.

As the $ 5 billion expansion of the Panama Canal passed its one - year anniversary in late June, the industrial real estate market surrounding ports in the U.S. heated up with East Coast and Gulf Coast ports seeing the biggest boost, according to a new report from JLL.