Sentences with phrase «bombardment by»

The importance of healthy lifestyles is repeatedly mentioned but there is relatively little discussion of addressing the structural, political and commercial determinants of health that entrench an unhealthy food supply, inactivity - promoting environments and our bombardment by unhealthy marketing.

Following a preparatory PR bombardment by think tanks and media spokespersons — often consisting of unsupported allegations of «fraud,» «plagiarism» or «scientific misconduct» supposedly committed by those evil climate scientists — the principle attack was launched: the so - called Climategate hack.

«The planet has been through a lot worse than us... been through earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, continental drift, solar flares, sun spots, magnetic storms, the magnetic reversal of the poles, hundreds of thousands of years of bombardment by comets and asteroids and meteors, worldwide floods, tidal waves, worldwide fires, erosion, cosmic rays, recurring ice ages — and we think some plastic bags and some aluminum cans are going to make a difference?»

I am not sure what it would take to run afoul of the «rules,» but all I did was respond to the constant bombardment by multiple banks.

Dating back to the 14th Century, the Town Hall has an interesting history having played a significant role in many of Prague's major events from the selection of the King of Bohemia to the bombardment by tanks in 1945.

Returning are Zoe Saldana as Gamora the fierce warrior and unforgiving of her sister, Dave Bautista as Dax the Destroyer, the machine gun - bombardment by Rocket Raccoon, and Baby Groot (Vin Diesel) who steals much of this film.

Studies suggest that resveratrol can strengthen muscles and restore muscles which are wasting away — and such wasting often occurs due to bombardment by out of control inflammation.

The diet that has been consistently promoted by the Weston A. Price Foundation meets the key criteria for offering the most support for the integrity of the cells vulnerable to injury through bombardment by modern energetic frequency fields.

If there is life on any Earth - type planet orbiting youthful EV Lac, it is likely to be primitive single - cell, anaerobic (non-oxygen producing) bacteria under constant bombardment by meteorites and comets as Earth was for the first billion years and massive stellar flares.

One hypothesis that has gained popularity among scientists is that the early Earth was subjected to a period of bombardment by comets and water - rich asteroids.

Even if it is possible for an Earth - type planet to orbit youthful Sirius A and develop life, it is likely to be primitive single - cell, anaerobic bacteria under constant bombardment by meteorites and comets as Earth was for the first billion years.

Despite comparatively intense bombardment by large impactors, chemical and radio - isotopic trace evidence of what appears to be biologically processed carbon in Earth's oldest surviving rocks — from western Greenland's Isua greenstone belt that are as old as 3.85 billion years — suggest that self - replicating, carbon - based microbial life became well developed during Earth's first billion years of existence.

If there is life on any Earth - type planet orbiting youthful Altair, it is likely to be primitive single - cell, anaerobic (non-oxygen producing) bacteria under constant bombardment by meteorites and comets as Earth was for the first billion years.

If there is life on any Earth - type planet orbiting youthful Vega, it is likely to be primitive single - cell, anaerobic (non-oxygen producing) bacteria under constant bombardment by meteorites and comets as Earth was for the first billion years.

That proximity could have protected the exoplanet from bombardment by bits of icy rock.

Some researchers believe that bombardment by meteoroids and asteroids might account for the remnant magnetism, but the Science study supports the theory that the moon once had its own magnetic field and, therefore, its own core dynamo.

The filamentous bacteria combine with the mucus to form a hair - like surface that apparently shields the Pompeii worm from physical and thermal bombardment by the vent.

Many asteroids have a reddish tint as a result of sun - induced weathering and bombardment by micrometeorites, but a select few retain a relatively pristine gray appearance.

The lunar surface has soaked up vast quantities of helium 3 from billions of years of bombardment by the solar wind, Schmitt explained, and drawing on that resource is how a lunar settlement could support itself.

Yet the very small size of grains on the surface of Phobos and Deimos can not, according to the researchers, be solely explained as the consequence of erosion from bombardment by interplanetary dust.

The field shields us from bombardment by charged particles from the sun.

The presidency also urged the communities not to entertain fear of bombardment by security agencies, but to demonstrate patriotism by handing over suspects behind the recent bombing.

I met Nasser, a doctor from Syria who was forced to flee the war in Syria, where he and his wife faced constant bombardment by the barrel bombs of the Assad regime.

It is entirely possible that a random triggering event or series of events (lightning or some form of electricity charging a primordial soup of methane, ammonia, etc.; bombardment by cosmic radiation and other hypothetically random occurrences) was the occasion through which a whole new dimension, that of the biosphere, flooded onto the terrestrial scene.

Security reports have shown that scores of Boko Haram terrorists who have continued to operate from bunkers inside the Sambisa forest met their waterloo at the weekend following sustained air bombardments by Nigerian airforce...

Security reports have shown that scores of Boko Haram terrorists who have continued to operate from bunkers inside the Sambisa forest met their waterloo at the weekend following sustained air bombardments by Nigerian airforce fighter aircraft while several bunkers were destroyed.

Bombardments by Syrian government forces have killed scores of civilians in the rebel - held Eastern Ghouta area outside Damascus, monitors say.

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Some of it has been hidden from the public - the nightly legal battles to keep defamatory stories out of papers; her mother having to struggle past photographers in order to get to her front door; the attempts of reporters and photographers to gain illegal entry to her home and the calls to police that followed; the substantial bribes offered by papers to her ex-boyfriend; the bombardment of nearly every friend, co-worker, and loved one in her life.

If you watched television in 2010, you were smacked in the face by the Garden State's bombardment of pop culture.

Hamstrung by rivalries and weakened by the «scorched earth» bombardment, the handful of eastern Ghouta rebel groups were steadily defeated and forced to accept safe passage to opposition - held territory at the Turkish border.

Speaking on Premier's News Hour Jeremy Moodey, from Embrace the Middle East, said: «The bombardment of the city [of Raqqa] by Syrian and also Russian forces has got much worse.

The «U.N. is dead» exclaimed the Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister on December 26, 1998, following the latest bombardment of Iraq by United States and British aircraft.

All attempts to reach a peaceful settlement were smashed by the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April of 1861.

Precious Metals the Result of Meteorite Bombardment, Rock Analysis Finds Sep. 9, 2011 — Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth by researchers at the University of Bristol provides clear evidence that the planet's accessible reserves of precious metals are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after Earth Bombardment, Rock Analysis Finds Sep. 9, 2011 — Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth by researchers at the University of Bristol provides clear evidence that the planet's accessible reserves of precious metals are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after Earth bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after Earth was formed.

Science The probability of primordial soul, even given the introduction of carbon by external source, resulting in the origin of life between the period late heavy bombardment and the first discovered fossils is nil.

This book focuses on how preaching is shaped by society amid the bombardment of social influences.

Sep. 9, 2011 — Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth by researchers at the University of Bristol provides clear evidence that the planet's accessible reserves of precious metals are the result of a bombardment of meteorites more than 200 million years after Earth was formed.

The dazzling golden colour of turmeric is provided by curcumin, a natural antioxidant that will fight off and repair damaged cells and everyday bombardments of anything from petrol fumes to pesticides.

K.B. logically explained that wild birds ingest these little rockets and spread the seed around by frequent aerial bombardment of avian excrement.

By the time the bombardment was over, eight American battleships were severely damaged or sunk, 188 planes were destroyed, and 3,691 U.S. troops were dead or injured.

CB) Martin Skrtel 6 — Stood up more to the aerial bombardment, although even he was troubled by the awkward Akinfenwa's sheer bulk.

In an otherwise dull half, comedy and constant distress for the fans were provided by Almunia in goal, who almost spilled a tame effort into the net, and flapped around his box in the face of the aerial bombardment like a bridesmaid trying to catch the bouquet at a wedding.

What with the constant bombardment of rumours both good and bad, it is easy to get carried away by wild optimism and deep despair in equal measures!

In cultures where they don't have this constant bombardment, the men find it strange that gown men get excited by breasts as they just see them as being for feeding babies / young children.

The year long bombardment, and the resulting humanitarian crisis, has been condemned by the European parliament and many of the most respected humanitarian groups and NGOs in the world.

Disabling the Iranian nuclear program by aerial bombardment is probably impossible, owing to its size and dispersion, a lack of actionable intelligence, and, above all, the fact that the element of surprise has long been lost.

Drawing on six case studies, examining the role of ideology in mass killing by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union under Stalin, the Allied powers in their aerial bombardment of Germany and Japan, the terrorist campaigns of Daesh and Al Qaeda, the Rwandan Genocide and the Guatemalan Civil War, the project will develop theoretical and empirical understanding of the role ideology plays in mass killing.

They need to get used to it - because this model of campaigning - by - email - bombardment isn't going away.

Perhaps Paddy Ashdown was right when he wrote at the end of the week that all this trouble was caused by the time of the year; when the silly season stories «give way as they always do, to the press» September pre-conference bombardments on the political parties and their leaders».

The Deputy Theatre Commander Air of Operation Lafiya Dole, Air Vice Marshal Isiaka Oladayo Amao who made the disclosure at a media briefing in Maiduguri stated that the air strikes and bombardments were conducted by the Air Component of the Operation Lafiya Dole in the North - East.