Sentences with phrase «during the firing of»

Exposure to fumes released during the firing of military small arms can lead to a decline in lung function, according to a new study.

Not exact matches

Syrian air defenses activated and fired interceptor missiles during the US, UK, and France's missile strike on the country's suspected chemical weapons sites, but only two of those reportedly had a chance of hitting their targets.

The Google - owned startup has halted sales of its hand - gestured smoke alarm because — oops — it might not go off during a real fire.

That meant he would have to go directly in front of the enemy compound — effectively running into the middle of a firing range during target practice.

The Houthis and allied militias loyal to former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who have fired dozens of missiles into Saudi territory during a 2-1/2 year war, said on their official news agency they had launched a mid-range ballistic missile that «hit its military target with high precision».

From there the company started using the tool during other disasters, from the forest fires in Fort McMurray, Canada to the Orlando nightclub shooting, when Airbnb hosts offered lodging to family members of the victims who had traveled to Orlando.

None of the 3,143 passengers and 1,086 crew was injured during the fire.

The Carnival Triumph fire comes two years after another Carnival ship, the 113,000 - ton Carnival Splendor, was disabled off the Pacific coast of Mexico by a fire during a cruise from California — a similar incident that ultimately affected bookings leaving Texas, Driscoll said.

During the 1777 Battle of Princeton, Washington rode on his horse as bullets fired from British rifles 30 yards away whizzed around him.

During the clashes that followed, protesters threw bottles, paint bombs, and rocks at the police, while authorities fired tear gas and eventually drove a police vehicle toward the mass of people, according to Rappler.

In March it made industry history by successfully launching and landing a reusable rocket; six months before that, it watched as one of its Falcon 9 rockets exploded during refueling for a so - called test fire.

He acknowledged being haunted by the deaths of the two shuttle crews and of close friend Grissom, killed with two other astronauts in the 1967 fire during a test countdown for what was to have been Apollo 1.

Instead of reacting all day, plan to return emails or put out fires during a set amount of hours a day.

Comey's firing came not long after the FBI told the Senate Judiciary committee that Comey had misspoken during his testimony about Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin forwarding thousands of emails to her husband, former Congressman Anthony Weiner.

And ensure that whatever you buy that's supposed to be «fire resistant» has a rating from Underwriters Laboratories stating how long the contents of the box will remain protected during a fire.

«I was also confused by the initial explanation that was offered publicly that I was fired because of the decisions I had made during the election year,» he said.

Amazon (amzn) disclosed the number in Seattle during a media event during which it announced new products like a premium version of the Echo speaker, the Echo Plus, and an updated version of its Fire TV set - top box.

Numerous times during the testimony on Tuesday, Stumpf was asked why Tolstedt wasn't fired and whether the bank would use its clawback provision to take back some of that compensation.

The fire that raged during the bombing made superheated air rise with such force that it created a vacuum on the ground, ripping trees out of the ground, sucking people into the fires, and suffocating those spared the flames.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt is all fired up about Motorola's launch of the Moto X smartphone, which he enthusiastically showed off during an interview at Sun Valley by using it to snap pictures of our camera set - up.

In his new book, The Digital Diet, he cites a barrage of statistics that show technology's pervasiveness in our lives, from the funny (10 % of people 24 and younger believe it's OK to fire off a text during sex) to the serious (16,000 Americans have been killed by texting drivers).

The same day as Kalanick's letter, Uber board member David Bonderman announced his resignation after coming under fire for a sexist joke he made during the all - hands meeting to go over the results of an internal investigation surrounding sexual harassment and discrimination.

It is unclear whether the decision not to fire Tolstedt, who was in charge of the consumer unit during the entire time Wells Fargo admits the fraudulent behavior occurred, was Sloan's directive, or whether he was just a messenger.

As law enforcement officers descended on the town of 21,000 equipped with armored trucks, body armor, camouflage, and assault rifles, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of protesters during the last two weeks, civilians and politicians are making call to rein in the weapons arsenals cops have been amassing.

During the performance review period before the mass firings, former employees said Tesla's general manager of services and operations, Karim Bousta, sent out a notice saying reviews had been delayed so employees could focus on ensuring a successful rollout of the Model 3.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)-- Dominion Energy Virginia said Tuesday that it plans to build at least eight new natural gas - fired plants during the next 15 years, cementing its shift away from coal, while depending on renewables for less than 10 percent of its energy capacity.

«The Royals» creator and showrunner Mark Schwahn has been fired after being suspended shortly after Variety reported on detailed allegations of sexual harassment during his time on «One Tree Hill.»

You could see when that little knob was flicked — coming to the rescue during times of disaster, like floods, fires and other emergencies.

(A firing and a pair of resignations touched off by President Richard Nixon during the late stages of the Watergate investigation went down in history as the «Saturday Night Massacre.»)

«The main result of this analysis is that the best clients of the aware brokers are significantly more likely than other clients to sell the stocks that the liquidating manager is offloading during the fire sale,» wrote Marco Di Maggio, assistant professor at Harvard Business School.

As Hitched.com editor Steve Cooper put it in a rebuttal to the Facebook divorce stories, this has been the case since the times of our caveman friend Blaaarggg: «I'm sure at some point during the Stone Age a woman was frustrated because her mate wouldn't step away from the fire and come to bed.

Democrats have accused Trump of firing Comey to upend the FBI's Russia probe, which focused in large part on whether campaign aides coordinated with Moscow to hack Democratic groups during the election.

And instead of firing the executives at the helm during the losing seasons, the teams remained patient, and showed faith in a long - term process.

Fast - forward seven years and SoFi is on fire, the rare example of a startup that hasn't seemed to flounder after advertising during the Super Bowl.

Founded in 2001 by three friends from Montreal's rave scene, the firm helped drop 1,200 light - filled beach balls on a crowd of 100,000 unsuspecting fans during Arcade Fire's song «Wake Up» at the Coachella music festival in 2011, a stunt that garnered a skrillion online views.

Apple has fired the manager of the company's mapping system software unit that was criticized for embarrassing glitches during the launch of its iOS 6 Maps, according to a report.

The partisan public broadcaster refused to defend itself in the face of U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney's promise during the first debate that he'd fire Big Bird if elected.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, provide suppressive fire on a target during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, June 6, 2012, as part of the Theatre Security Cooperation Program.

The M982 Excalibur 155 mm round leaves the barrel of an M777 Howitzer during a live - fire shoot conducted by Soldiers of the 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, at Oro Grande Range Complex, N.M., Dec. 5,2012.

The unit took small - arms fire from a nearby mountain top during a routine patrol, and was able to suppress the enemy with the assistance of local Afghan National Security Forces.

Before revolutionizing the hedge fund industry with his mathematics - based approach, «Quant King» James Simons worked as a code breaker for the US Department of Defense during the Vietnam War, but was fired after criticizing the war in the press.

Still, of those 61 senior officials, 21 resigned, were fired, or reassigned during the first year, and the seniority of people leaving is «extraordinarily high,» according to Dunn - Tenpas.

During the incident, both American F - 22 jets fired flares after cutting across the front of the Russian jets, a tactic known as «head - butting,» meant to send a strong warning to an opposing warplane.

But the main event of Maher's first show back came in the form of a sit - down with Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury, the book that managed to make Trump's White House even more chaotic during the first few weeks of 2018.

The Chicago Bears came under fire during the first round of the NFL Draft for giving up three extra draft picks just to move up one spot to draft North Carolina quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.

Moreover, can Postol explain the fact that, with all the current civil defense measures available in Israel during the 2006 Lebanon war, including public alarm systems and shelters already in place, Hezbollah rockets killed scores of Israelis while the same kinds of rockets now fired by Hamas fail to achieve anywhere near the same degree of lethality?

Since being fired, Comey has also been accused of removing memos that he prepared during the investigation against FBI rules.

We have successfully supported critical business activities during disruptions of normal business processes from both natural and man - made disasters, including hurricanes, fires, Super Storm Sandy to September 11th and other events.

The classic examples in corporate crime are the charges fired back at Eliot Spitzer during his time as Attorney General when he exposed a wide range of practices in the financial services industry.

In the eyes of the tribunal, though, the case hinged on one glaring problem: nobody at Tim Hortons» head office in Oakville, Ont., could remember exactly when the decision was made to fire Ko - Csonka, and not a single document disclosed during the proceedings shed any light on the answer.