Sentences with phrase «hit the country when»

Back in 2012, a minor earthquake hit the country when thousands of nerds shouted «OH SHITTTTTTT!!!!» after the first Avengers screenings ended with a mid-credits scene introducing Thanos, who we'll finally get to see in action in Infinity War.

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Indeed, over the period of time when Italy was in recession, the country's political scene has been nothing short of a mess, having gone from the scandal - hit tenure of billionaire businessman Silvio Berlusconi, to a technocratic government and two general elections in the space of a year.

When a disaster hit we had technology people in all of those offices physically carry the servers out of the country offices with them and then reinstall them wherever we were going to operate.

But the magnitude of what they had accomplished in less than two months, she said, hit when she saw images of protests across the country and around the world.

The danger the United States faces today is that the government debt crisis scheduled to hit Congress next spring (when Republicans are threatening to vote against raising the federal debt limit as the government deficit soars) will provide an opportunity for the wealthy to give a coup de grace on what is left of progressive taxation in this country.

And the country will likely take an economic hit if (or when) the Federal...

Not long after I heard that debate, I learned that the father of an acquaintance was walking his dog in the country when a truck accidentally left the road and hit him.

Although abalone has been a regional staple in some parts of the country for generations, it missed the boat — so to speak — when mass marketing of seafood in the United States hit its stride because wild abalone was mostly exported to Asia back then.

When the hamburger hit the scene in the beginning of the 20th century, the country was ready for a great - tasting portable sandwich.

Walcott has been in countless Three Lions squads with Rooney and had the Everton Academy graduate to thank for teeing up two of his three goals when he became the youngest Englishman to hit a hat - trick for his country against Croatia in 2008.

In that case the US's cause is helped, not harmed, by getting across the message that even when you're expecting us to hit your airfield, there's little you can do except run away — just think what we could do without warning or to put it another way Nice country you got there.

This is projected to hit N3 trillion ($ 15 billion) due to heavy infrastructure spending at a time when the slump in global oil prices has slashed the country's export revenues.

The Coalition seized on the disclosures as evidence that Mr Brown's «reckless» decisions over public spending left the country in a vulnerable position when the economic downturn hit Britain.

The country and neighbouring Niger were both badly hit by meningitis outbreaks in 2015, when over 13,700 people were infected in six months, with more than 1,100 deaths.

Mr Hammond warned that air travel was a «safety - first» business, but there were questions about why the weather had hit the airport so badly when others around the country were open and functioning.

«Too often when countries undertake major consolidation it is the poorest — those who had least to do with the cause of the economic misfortunes — who are hit hardest.

He said the former chancellor could «take pride» that he «helped steer our country through the worst financial crisis to hit the world in living memory», adding: «His was a calm head when calm heads were needed.?»

The BOST action sparked heated political debate when the minority NDC called for Mr. Obeng Boateng's suspension, but the majority New Patriotic Party (NPP) hit back, exposing the BOST under Mahama's NDC of being behind the contamination of fuel in the country when it was in power.

Johnson said that when the crisis hit Britain's debt was the second lowest of any G7 country, that debt interest levels were 15 % lower than when Labour came to office and the interest rates on UK debt had been falling since the beginning of the year.

She described how in Mexico (where she served as embassy public affairs officer) environmentalists created what she called «an opening in civil society» that expanded when a devastating earthquake hit their country in 1985.

That support hit a roadblock a year ago when new conservative prime minister Tony Abbott ordered a review of the country's target for clean energy use by 2020, which ultimately recommended slashing it by a third, in line with falling overall energy demand.

She said reaching out quickly was essential after Sandy hit to address sewage discharges from the fifth - largest sewage treatment plant in the country, in Newark, N.J., or when the highly toxic Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site, overflowed into Brooklyn basements.

Each SMC works mainly with the national news media and scientists in their respective countries, but the communication and cooperation of the SMC network means that our reach is global when UK science hits the world news.

Tropical cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, however, have devastating consequences when they hit land due to a combination of factors such as a low - lying and flat coastal terrain, a shallow ocean floor, and a high population density of surrounding countries.

It has become increasingly clear that serious policy change will come in this country only when the stark reality of human - caused global warming hits middle America.

I also went to the one in Florida and really liked it, and since then when I've gone to different countries we always like to hit up a Hard Rock cafe at least once!

I live in Dallas Tx, and i am a senior at RL Turner, I have been on our varsity football team since i was a freshmen, i am a country boy at heart, i can make almost anyone laugh but i know when to take a situation seriously, hell if you like what you see then hit the damn button already!

Forget about those other national sites that promise you love and romance — they don't cater specifically to one state, meaning that real world meet ups with someone you hit it off with online aren't exactly easy when they live on the other side of the country.

On top online dating mongolia that, Mongolian men can be aggressive towards Western guys hitting on girls in the country, especially when alcohol is present.

That's what happened when rap star / mogul Diddy started dating R&B singer Cassie in 2007, The song hit no. 2 on the Hot Country Songs chart

When Josh slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a dog along a two - lane highway in the country, his car is rear - ended by Lorraine (Marianne Jean - Baptiste), a cellist en route to a gig.

She's been known to hit the Country and Western button on the car radio when she needs a taste of home!

When her estranged father (Damien Leake) is brutally hit and killed in a motor vehicle accident during his morning run (which we see in detail), Shaun makes her first visit in years to his estate in the country.

Fans of Ellis» original tome, however, might be wondering just where everyone aside from Bruce Willis» Frank Moses and Mary Louise Parker's shocked CIA handler Sarah actually came from, since the novel's short, sharp shock tactics plot featured a much more compact tale of Moses alone having to survive when his old bosses put out a hit on him to cover up all the terrible things he's done in the name of his country.

Donald (Carlyle, Eragon) is a father living in London, waiting for the arrival of his son Andy (Muggleton) and daughter Tammy (Poots), who had been away from the country when the virus hit.

And living in the middle of the country in the early 2000s, back in the halcyon days of the pre-Facebook internet, it was far more likely you'd only hear about — or at least only care about — an Oscar darling when it hit town.

The large team assembled decides they'll have to hit the train between a country stop and when it reaches London.

Dunham was staying in a small coastal village called Unawatuna when she became one of the hundreds of thousands of people uprooted by a massive tsunami that hit Sri Lanka and other countries in the region.

«My country has recently suffered the harsh effects of climate change when flooding hit Freetown,» writes Alusine Barrie.

Students also learned that by helping countries ~ they placed themselves in good standing ~ and could find an ally when attacked or hit with economic turmoil.

When I hit 206 mph in a Mercedes - Benz SLR Mclaren 722, in a country that I should probably avoid for the rest of my life [Dyer Consequences, May 2007], I figured that record would stand forever.

For now, there are no plans of the car being sold in any other country except China so if you were angling to get a piece of this car when it hits production, you're going to have a tough time scooping one up unless you live there.

Now, with her second book, When She Woke, a dystopian novel set in America in a near - future in which the country has been taken in a very right - wing direction, about to hit the bookstores» shelves paired with its digital cousin, Jordan may be feeling that this progression has been very fast paced.

When a security breach at Hoover Dam takes all the U.S. hydroelectric power stations offline the day after a category five hurricane hits the Gulf of Mexico, cutting off electricity to millions and threatening an already compromised fuel supply, Cash figures it's time to chase those white lines home to Tennessee.By the time he hits Chicago, the lights are out across the country, throwing America into a new dark age in which only the strong and the prepared will survive.READER NOTE: This is Part One of the (separately available) three - part novel Long Haul...

Unemployment did hit the country in 2011 when statistics started showing signs of trouble.

It's going to be pretty bad when the boomers hit retirement years; the country's aging and approaching some real fiscal difficulties.

«Athens» two year bond yield maturing in April 2019 has hit its highest level in 8 months today, gaining more than 1.7 per cent since Monday, when the IMF voiced fresh concerns about the country's debt trajectory and growth prospects»

As word of the devastating flood spread throughout the No More Homeless Pets Network community, partners from more than 50 shelters and rescue organizations across the country contacted the network team at Best Friends and offered to take pets already at Louisiana shelters when the flood hit, which would free up space for pets rescued from neighboring damaged or destroyed shelters.

When Rare's Donkey Kong Country hit the SNES in 1994, we were gifted with one of the greatest platformers not only of its time, but for generations to come.

Why it was chosen: When Retro Studios initially took over the Donkey Kong Country franchise there were fears that it wouldn't quite manage to hit the same heady heights Rare did back in the SNES days.