Sentences with phrase «bombardments on»

Counter-snipers plagued my careful vantage points, and artillery bombardments on major roads prevented me from speeding away in a jeep.

«During preliminary investigation, they claimed that they were fleeing from the terrorists» hideout at Talala and Buk in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State because of the unbearable military onslaughts and bombardments on their various locations,» the army spokesman said.

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».

In the days following, President Franklin Roosevelt warned of additional bombardments on the coast.

They landed a force on the far side of the island and kept up a steady bombardment on the forts.

My research is in celestial mechanics, including the architecture of extra-solar planetary systems, debris disks around stars, the Kuiper belt and asteroid belt, orbital resonances, and meteoritic bombardment on planets in the solar system.

The film apparently tries to make up for these shortcomings with a spectacle of special effects, such as Voldemort's spell bombardment on a magically shielded Hogwarts and the assault of «death eaters,» giants, and spiders on the school.

Yet, because there has been such a bombardment on parents to support the Milwaukee Parental Choice program coupled with the Opportunity Schools and Partnership Program (aka the MPS Takeover) presented by State Senator Alberta Darling and Representative Dale Kooyenga, many people have never heard of the Community Schools initiative.

Why it is his prerogative, nay his duty, to leap from the tower and free fall to victory, avoiding enemy bombardment on the way down.

FEATURES — Control one of 3 armies — Human, Tarka, and Hivers — 80 + units covering land, sea, and air — Battle across alien worlds on exotic battlefields, including airless moons, lava plains, and meteor - blasted wastelands — Seize orbital superiority and call down bombardment on your foes — Build airfields, fortify areas, and repair or destroy bridges — Improve your unit's experience and abilities over 3 campaigns — Unlock and collect combat cards for each race.

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These objectionable users are a result of Twitter's well - intentioned desire to allow total free speech and anonymity on the service, but they consistently drive out others, including influential users like actress Leslie Jones, who temporarily quit the service after a bombardment of racist tweets.

A Turkish military source said Turkish troops on the border were on alert on Wednesday after the bombardment began.

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.

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.

Precious metals the result of meteorite bombardment, rock analysis finds Date: September 9, 2011 Source: University of Bristol Summary: Ultra high precision analyses of some of the oldest rock samples on Earth 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.

Many children are brought up on a diet of sexually explicit and violent material through the media - how can we possibly hope to provide a positive message under such a bombardment?

Then there was the church of Notre Dame in Albert, where the German bombardment caused the gilded statue of the Virgin and Child on top of the steeple to lean forward, almost at a right angle.

The scars of bombardment are on everyplanet, proving that they have become larger and more cohesive over time.

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.

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The stakes in racing are greater than ever, and so are the physical demands on racers — from massive g - forces and extreme temperatures to relentless sensory bombardment — spurring many drivers to rev up their fitness programs.

Atletico reached the semi-finals 2 - 1 on aggregate but only after they survived a scare following the Foxes» second - half bombardment at the King Power Stadium.

Actually did okay when thrust on for the last two minutes» worth of aerial bombardment.

Liverpool survived a first - half bombardment, and benefited from a controversial offside decision, as they beat Manchester City 2 - 1 in their Champions League quarter - final second leg on Tuesday to win the tie 5 - 1.

What's more, Blackpool have been very impressive in attack this season, scoring twice as many as their match day opponents, and while we have no doubt Blackburn's strong physical presence on Saturday will cause the Tangerines plenty of problems at the back, at the back in particular, we just don't see how Rovers will repel the bombardment of Blackpool attacks.

The changes seemed to lift the side as they went on a late bombardment of the Blues» defence, and while they did find a late consolation when Zabaleta nudged Lambert's effort just over the line, it too late to inspire a comeback as City maintain their 100 per cent start to the season.

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.

Trump proclaimed victory in no uncertain terms on Saturday following a one - off bombardment in Syria that experts cast as a saber - rattling exercise in futility.

Contemporary Zionism has taken on a different meaning for some who are critical of Israeli Government policy in relation to settlements in the West Bank and in particular, the bombardment of Gaza.

Regarding Rushdie's claim against Hamas using mushroom clouds on their flags, it is the apartheid state of Israel that is making Gaza unlivable through bombardment and sanction.

But Mr Blair, who came under voracious criticism for failing to criticise Israel during its bombardment of Lebanon in 2006, placed most of the blame on Hamas.

While no one has tracked how many researchers have been on the receiving end of email bombardments, such attacks seem relatively common.

Davies and his colleague Charles H. Lineweaver of Australian National University did a rough calculation based on the geologically short time between the end of the early bombardment of Earth and the indications of the first signs of life.

By examining the craters that formed on top of it, researchers estimate that Rembrandt formed in an impact some 3.9 billion years ago, near the end of a barrage of impacts in the inner solar system known as the Late Heavy Bombardment.

Furthermore, Schultz's work suggests fragments from these giants could account for a many of the impacts that occurred during a period called the Late Heavy Bombardment, which occurred from about 3.8 billion years ago to around 4 billion years, when scientists think most of the craters we see on the Moon and Mercury were formed.

Professor Kamber added: «The intense bombardment of the early Earth had destructive effects on the planet's surface but it may also have brought up material from the planet's interior, which shaped the overall structure of the planet.»

People working for extended periods on the International Space Station, however, do not face the same level of bombardment with galactic cosmic rays because they are still within the Earth's protective magnetosphere.

Getting better dates for impact craters on the Moon, for instance, can help establish whether the Solar System experienced a cataclysmic meteorite bombardment 4 billion years ago.

How quickly they would darken depends on the bombardment rate, which has been uncertain.

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 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.

Beyond sprinkling the planet with riches, Willbold believes the meteor shower could have helped deliver the ingredients necessary for life: «Most of the water on Earth today may have been brought during that late bombardment.»

The platinum in your wedding ring and the gold in your dental fillings most likely arrived on Earth in a furious meteoric bombardment 200 million years after the planet's formation, University of Bristol geologist Matthias Willbold reports.

While researchers estimate accretion during late bombardment contributed less than one percent of Earth's present - day mass, giant asteroid impacts still had a profound effect on the geological evolution of early Earth.

Other issues for a power reactor will be developing a reaction chamber that can withstand intense neutron bombardment for years on end and discovering a way to produce the fuel capsules quickly and cheaply (a reactor may consume a million or more capsules every day).

A new terrestrial bombardment model based on existing lunar and terrestrial data sheds light on the role asteroid bombardments played in the geological evolution of the uppermost layers of the Hadean Earth (approximately 4 to 4.5 billion years ago).

How big and how frequent were those incoming bombardments and what were their effects on the surface of the Earth?

Despite heavy bombardment, the findings are compatible with the claim of liquid water on Earth's surface as early as about 4.3 billion years ago based on geochemical data.