Sentences with phrase «country wracked»

If not, then a senior U.S. official may have wrongly inflamed fears in a country wracked by tragedy following last Friday's earthquake and tsunami.

Despite both being dominant this century, the two countries wrack up their medals in very different fashion.

Not exact matches

Likewise, when he chartered an Aerolineas Argentinas Boeing 747 and flew a few hundred friends from Rome to Buenos Aires for his million - dollar wedding last November in that inflation - wracked country, it made the gossip sheets everywhere.

Zimbabwe was once one of the most prosperous countries in Africa, but today it is wracked by economic chaos with an annual inflation rate estimated at 231 million per cent in January 2009 and over 80 per cent unemployment.

Now in the continent, that was wracked by conflict over centuries, countries now sit down and talk to each other around a single table.

Labour has been wracked by infighting between supporters of Gordon Brown - widely - tipped to be the country's next leader - and Mr Blair since the prime minister's announcement last year.

For instance, promising opportunities with Syria have been sidelined by the present internal conflict wracking that country.

This year, they have one more wrinkle to deal with in the form of the sexual - misconduct allegations that have wracked Hollywood (and the rest of the country as well).

«These are some of the most nerve - wracking cases because they have great implications not only for education but also for the democratic character of our country.»

An influx of immigrants from a variety of third world and war wracked countries created an increase in low income housing and a change in the demographics of many schools and communities (Hancock, 2011).

Slow and steady may win races if you're up against a boastful hare, but with plenty of power and good steering feel, keeping up with the country traffic was less nerve - wracking than I expected.

Zack finds himself in a country teetering on the edge of anarchy, wracked by tribal and sectarian violence, but even he is surprised by how quickly things come apart.

But for much of the 1980s and»90s few dared to visit the country, which was wracked by a violent conflict between guerrilla movement and Peru's armed forces.

When heat waves wracked Australia at the start of the year, driving up electricity demand, the presence of wind power in the country actually kept electricity costs 40 % lower than they otherwise would have been, according to a new study.

Both countries are wracked by debt, both in government and in the population.