Sentences with phrase «in near disaster»

The voyage of Double Eagle V began in chaos, continued in constant peril, and ended in near disaster.

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We spent the first five years of our business in a constant state of anxiety, culminating in a near - disaster; in 1989 our bank kicked us out and we lost our line of credit.

A report released in mid-April by the Transportation Safety Board showed the near - disaster was the result of «sleep inertia,» the disoriented and drowsy feeling caused by fatigue and taking naps for too long.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

For instance, one Inc. 500 CEO set up a disaster - recovery center in an outbuilding near his vacation home, about 45 miles from the high - tech company's headquarters; he already knows how to reach that site by either the main highway or the back roads.

Specifically, Schweizer tells how on September 16, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke held a private meeting with legislators in which they reported that the economy was in deep trouble and predicted near - term disaster in the markets.

If you start the clock in 2007, we are nearing a decade of talking about the U.S. economy as either being on the verge of disaster, in the throes of the worst recession since the Great Depression, or stuck in an endless and disappointing recovery.

In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.»

I don't know what foolish things people and nations will permit themselves to do in the near future, what compacts we will make with hell through the use of nuclear and biological weapons, what ecological disasters we will actively perpetrate or merely permit to happen or what unprecedented human tragedy we will willingly or witlessly sponsor.

Apparently there are two thoughts as to how devistation will come to us in the near future: Apocalyptic disaster brought forth by the grace of God, or climate data which has been continually compiled and interpreted by climate scientists since the 1960s.

If America is dumb enough to put Perry in office (who is a near - perfect carbon copy of Bush in terms of policy, mindset, and hubris), then we deserve every bit of the economic & political disaster that will most certainly ensue.

But I am growing old and nearing the end of my life in a situation rapidly approaching disaster.

In the case of the Philippian jailer, near personal disaster led to his conversion.

-- Wenger only signing one player all summer — Sanchez returning late and tired — Jack gets the stump in pre — season — Carzola MIA — Coq's knock — OG's deep in form — Theo's horror show — Welbeck — Welbroke — The captain's shaky legs at West Brom — Gabriel's temper against Costa — Ox's miss against Barca in the 1st leg — Cech being beaten at the near post — The collapse against Southampton and Swansea — Kos's constant knocks during the season — Mert's red against Costa — The disaster at Anfield and Old Trafford — The Crystal palace knock out

With the 2012 Summer Olympics underway on Day 1, American swimmer Michael Phelps avoided a near massive disaster in the Men's 400 - meter IM qualifying early Saturday morning.

Just before halftime there were signs of improvement and Welbeck got a decent chance after good work by him and Ramsey but disaster struck when we somehow managed to concede after having a throw in near their corner flag and just needing to run the clock down.

Indeed, one reason he decided to bench Dean in favor of Wuerffel was that Spurrier couldn't trust the Swamp fans not to boo Dean following the near disaster against Kentucky.

Wilsher even in his best position was a near disaster now they want him to play rw when we have Welbeck, WALCOTT FIT.oh dear, no surprise ARsenal is a looser team.

Something happened in early 2007 that would have far - reaching consequences for Rockland County — consequences that helped lead to near disaster.

The mayor of a city near the scene the crash warned earlier this month that the start of high - speed service was bound to end in disaster.

Whether to treat that as a triumph or near - disaster could determine whether «change» is in a major or minor key.

By Rockland County Executive Ed Day Something happened in early 2007 that would have far - reaching consequences for Rockland County — consequences that helped lead to near disaster.

Near the halfway point, 2011 has already seen eight weather - related disasters in the U.S. that caused more than $ 1 billion in damages

During an early screening of Roland Emmerich's latest disaster flick 2012, which opens today, laughter erupted in the audience near the end of the film thanks to corny dialogue and maudlin scenes (among the biggest guffaw getters: a father tries to reconnect with his estranged son on the telephone, only to have the son's house destroyed just before he could say anything).

The British inquiry thoroughly covered every aspect of the disaster, underlining the fact that although the White Star Line had honored the letter of the law in the number of lifeboats placed on the Titanic, the number was nowhere near sufficient.

With knowledge and planning, they say, it's possible to prepare for — or in some cases prevent — rare but devastating natural disasters such as blasts of particles from the sun, collisions with near - Earth asteroids like the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, and supervolcanoes that dwarf any eruptions in recorded history.

They warn that more frequent and more severe natural disasters, instability in food and water supply, the spread of infectious disease, and forced migration «are already affecting human health and provide a glimpse of the near future.»

First, many academic labs sorely need «recommendations and guidance» — and more — in order to work safely, as shown by this horrifying litany of disasters and near - disasters recounted on Reddit by scientists and students.

The six - person Near - Term Task Force that dived into the implications of Japan's nuclear disaster concluded in its July 12 report that «continued operation and continued licensing activities do not pose an imminent risk to public health and safety.»

Radiological damage to microbes near the site of the Chernobyl disaster has slowed the decomposition of fallen leaves and other plant matter in the area, according to a study just published in the journal Oecologia.

An inquiry into the near - disaster in which a British Airways pilot was almost sucked out of a plane has found that a newly replaced windscreen on the BAC 1 - 11 was secured with the wrong - sized bolts.

Now I have 17m of very pretty white and grey braid that will probably become a bath mat in the very near future:) Not a total disaster, but I'm just not willing to dedicate the next 3 months to braiding fabric in the hopes that it * might * make a nice rug (which definitely isn't guaranteed even after all that braiding!).

In terms of sheer directorial craft, «The Walk» is masterful, but as storytelling, it's a near - disaster.

Dwayne Johnson is about to light up our screens in new disaster flick SAN ANDREAS, and in the very near future the former wrestler...

And Franco has been omnipresent in the last month, charming everybody who gets near his movie — and while «Disaster Artist» might not be as important as «Get Out,» it's pretty irresistible.

If you enjoy shots of dogs leaping to safety from flaming near - doom in disaster movies, steel your eyes.

Okay, so no one emerged from this reputation - ruining «comedy» disaster with any dignity, but Al should never have gone near it in the first place.

«The ending was really moving to me in a way that really helped me see this whole thing from a different perspective,» he said of the film, whose distributor, A24, recently put up a Disaster Artist billboard above Highland near where The Room one once loomed.

* «Everybody betray me... oh I hurt my foot» — Tommy Wiseau (James Franco), The Disaster Artist... * Brawl in Cell Block 99: Bradley (Vince Vaughn) telling wife (Jennifer Carpenter) not to come near him yet... * «I know what you're going to say.

Warner Bros has debuted yet another official trailer, the third one yet, for the disaster movie Geostorm, set sometime in the near future about a series of satellites that control the weather.

Then, the disaster beyond all expectations, Animal Crossing was not being released in the near future, seeing my capital fixed in a device I had no use for.

Given that the Levy Swipe Law is not likely to change in the near future, I can see only one way to even partially protect students from this disaster.

The disaster has touched lives both near and far — we are thankful for other animal partners who have assisted in this critical time.

Rescued: Cattle belonging to local residents in disaster - prone areas near Mount Agung in Bali are ready to be evacuated to temporary shelters built by the Agriculture Ministry.

At one point on the channel is Point Arguello, a headland near the city of Lompoc, and the site of the Honda Point disaster in 1923, in which seven US Navy destroyers run aground, in the largest peacetime loss of US Navy ships.

The backstory elements like a huge disaster caused by human folly or two factions marooned in space by the Kessler Syndrome are there to create tension and justify the player being and fighting in near - Earth space.

Then, the disaster beyond all expectations, Animal Crossing was not being released in the near future, seeing my capital fixed in a device I had no use for.

Japanese novelist Kazumi Saeki, who experienced the March 11th earthquake from near Sakunami, likes series and published an op - ed in the New York Times this week in which he tries to make sense of disaster.

That is distressing, disaster experts say, because near - earth objects this size are presumed to be much more common than larger space rocks, and they are too small to be easily spotted long in advance with the telescopes used to track such debris.

From Exxon Valdez to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster, oil companies have proven they are willing to endanger everyone and everything living in and near the ocean, as long as they profit.