Sentences with phrase «major afflictions»

, the major afflictions of poverty and affluence do us in at roughly equal rates.

John P. Holdren, now President Obama's science adviser, wrote in «Science and Technology for Sustainable Well - Being» that when you measure human harm in years of life lost (e.g., a child cut down by disease loses decades; a grandmother dying of a stroke at 80 loses a few years), the major afflictions of poverty and affluence do us in at roughly equal rates.

Although our adoption rate is very high, certain animals are not adoptable due to their aggressive behavior, severe or incurable diseases, mortal injuries or other major afflictions.

While giving lectures at a mid-western college I came face to face with a major affliction among young people: biblical illiteracy.

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At the moment, however, none of those enterprises poses a major threat to Affliction.

I spent a major portion of my book Borderland Christianity trying to salve the affliction theologically while clinging to some semblance of a Christian perspective that preserved the element of transcendence in its God - talk.

New results reported in this week's Science and at a genome meeting held last week at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on New York's Long Island suggest that our pedigreed canine companions may be a major help in finding the genetic keys to common human afflictions such as cancer, diabetes, and mental disorders.

The leaders of a number of major brain initiatives agreed today that they must join forces to take on brain - related afflictions affecting over a billion people worldwide.

Being very rich in beta - carotene, which is a major antioxidant, along with vitamin C and B complex vitamins, iron, and phosphorus, sweet potatoes are excellent immune system boosters that can defend your body from a wide variety of conditions and afflictions.