Sentences with phrase «decimation by»

In these eloquent and surprising essays, twenty writers face this fact, among them Geoff Dyer, who describes the ghost bikes memorializing those who die in biking accidents; Jonathan Safran Foer, proposing a new way of punctuating dialogue in the face of a family history of heart attacks and decimation by the Holocaust; Mark Doty, whose reflections on the art - porn movie Bijou lead to a meditation on the intersection of sex and death epitomized by the AIDS epidemic; and Joyce Carol Oates, who writes about the loss of her husband and faces her own mortality.

The Pearl Button (El Botón de Nácar)-- Patricio Guzmán, Chile / France / Spain North American Premiere The great Chilean filmmaker Patricio Guzmán (The Battle of Chile, Nostalgia for the Light) chronicles the history of the indigenous peoples of Chilean Patagonia, whose decimation by colonial conquest prefigured the brutality of the Pinochet regime.

Peter Ridsdale's embarrassed admission that that cash would actually be directed towards servicing outstanding debts understandably riled the fans and left the club with a first XI which is undoubtedly very good indeed (when they're in the mood — just ask Bristol City) but perilously susceptible to decimation by injury and suspension.

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But to the extent that it ignores the finger Lincoln points at the Civil War — to the extent that it forgets the decimation of a generation of young Americans at the beginnings of manhood; to the extent that it forgets the windrows of corpses at Shiloh, the odor of death in the Wilderness, the walking skeletons of Andersonville, 623,000 dead all told, not to mention the interminable list of those crippled, orphaned, and widowed whose pensions became the single largest bill paid by the federal government for the following half - century; to the extent that it ignores how the war cost the United States $ 6.6 billion, rocketed the national debt from $ 65 million to $ 2.7 billion, retarded commodity growth for the next thirty years, and devalued its currency — then the call for reparations opens itself up to a charge of willful forgetfulness so massive that resentment, anger, and bitterness, rather than justice, will (I fear) be its real legacy.

After experiencing the crushing humiliation of the ten plagues which culminated in the anguishing loss of his firstborn son, Pharaoh damages the economy and productivity of Egypt by finally allowing the Israelites to leave Egypt, only to change his mind and chase after them in hot pursuit, which leads to the decimation of his army in the Red Sea.

The statement by its spokesperson, Col. Sani Usman reads: The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a number of groups and individuals celebrating the routing out and decimation of Boko Haram terrorists on our soil.

Those fears were stoked by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's decimation of the National Republican Congressional Committee in fundraising.

While there is concern about decimation of the complex web of life that is our soil, and the informational properties of plants and animal foods, eliminating pesticide exposure from your diet is a powerful step as evidenced by assessment studies.

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As directed by Matthew Vaughn, the plot hinges on the decimation of the entire Kingsman family, including killing off fellow spy, Roxy (Sophie Cookson).

Re: Those Who Feel the Fire Burning: a (literally) hauntingly strange vision of Fortress Europe's decimation of those whose plight as refugees sees imminent danger at sea replaced by a gnawing, clawing kind of limbo on land.

It's like a college revue spoof of Shakespeare's British history and ends with a cast decimation right out of Hamlet, but death didn't stop Black Adder from continuing his romp through history in three subsequent shows, written by Curtis with Ben Elton (creator of The Young Ones).

The inaction by the leadership of the United Federation of Teachers in response to the decimation of our chapter at the hands of Mr. Urena is outrageous and disappointing.

Genre publishing has been hammered over the past two decades by the decimation of the mass market — the cheap paperbacks, once seen in great variety in grocery stores and airports, which are no longer as plentiful due to a complex set of factors linked to the consolidation of distributors.

Klein documents with precision and verve the social and environmental decimation wrought by unchecked free - market capitalism, corporate greed, and political corruption.

As the world found itself on the precipice of bearish stock price decimation two years ago (01/16), global central banks supercharged their stimulus by injecting trillions of additional liquidity.

What we do not hear about is the ignoring of a greater problem caused by feral cats throughout Central Florida and far beyond — that is, the nearly total decimation in some areas of Florida native species of animals caused by feral cats as they hunt for food.

The city endured serious troubles in the mid-14th century, including the decimation of the population by the Black Death of 1348 and subsequent years of epidemics — as well as a series of wars and riots that followed.

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Decimation X3 has been picked as one of the top 16 Best Xbox LIVE Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine Online.

By adding multiplayer, colorful graphics, uniquely designed enemies, and a constant stream of power ups, Decimation X3 keeps the excitement level persistent for as long as you've got your hands on the controller.

Decimation X series is inspired by TI Invaders, which is a clone of the original Space Invaders.

Awards: Sequel to # 1 Japan hit, # 1 best selling Xbox LIVE Indie Game in 4 countries, chosen for Indie Game Winter Uprising, top 5 rank in Japan, one of 16 best Xbox LIVE Indie Games by Official Xbox Magazine, featured in Official Xbox Magazine, featured on Reviews On The Run, top pick in Joystiq's 2010 Buyer's Guide, top pick in Famitsu the # 1 gaming magazine in Japan, 10th best selling XBLIG worldwide, Racketboy Best Beginner Shmups, a Decimation X3 day honor at Japan's Pier 21 arcade, a near perfect 9.5 / 10 review, and more.

The all out human decimation of our biosphere is manifesting itself by the day.

Marine animals are suffering from the decimation of their food sources from overfishing and from assaults by destructive fishing gear, military sonar, oil drilling and pollution.

I've said it before and I'll say it again — the UN is setting the world up for the fall — and by that I mean decimation — ensuring all our resources are put into preparing for the non existent, beneficial warming when it is the cold that kills.

Much of the globe's biodiversity will be affected, with the expected extinction of more than 1 million species by 2050 and the decimation of nearly all coral reefs by 2100.

Unimaginable and irreparable decimation is being inflicted on the biosphere and the entire web of life by the ongoing climate modification SRM programs.

The scale of climate decimation being inflicted on populations around the globe by the climate engineers is so incomprehensibly massive, it could never be quantified.

Next, the museum documents the decimation of First Nations populations by European diseases.

Yes, worse than hugely increasing the number of small firm solicitors would be to allow the decimation of them by the proven and consistent predatory practices of a handful of giant corporations who, having gotten rid of the multi-thousands of lawyer competitors, would then have the public at their rapacious mercy.

The «decimation» of print law reports subscriptions described by Eric Appleby in his slaw post has hit every Canadian legal publisher, whether they admit it or not.

As enjoyable as it is to consider the Newtonian implications of iterative and compounding actions and reactions to the chain of events triggered in Monroe's hypothetical «what ifs», exceedingly few of the justice «what ifs» or proposals offered above will result in decimation of judicial precincts or dystopian futures where justice is brutally dispensed by dolphin - guided drones.

If you review the CREA website videos you will see a number of IT consultants claiming the decimation of Realtors by 50,000 across Canada via the power of the Internet, leading CREA around by the nose.