Sentences with phrase «of a sinking ship in»

Bieler found T. vandyensis, which typically grow half as tall as a pinkie finger, on the hull of a sunken ship in the Florida Keys.

Konami has become more or less of a sinking ship in recent years, the Castlevania series has fallen into the abyss, they cancelled Silent Hill, and they have pretty much given up on all of their futur...

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If something goes wrong above the waterline, say something happens to the winch or a toaster exploded in the mess room — things that don't put the ship at risk of sinking — then the captain knows its not a critical issue.

Three weeks ago, Aereo gutted its staff in New York and Boston, leaving only a skeleton crew of executives to man the sinking ship.

This year marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania, briefly the largest passenger ship in the world.

In 2007, one of their ships, carrying 154 passengers and crew, hit an iceberg and sank off Antarctica.

In January, the swingin» captain of the Costa Concordia, obviously frustrated that he never made it as... whatever the cool job is for boat captains, decided to show off his stunt driving ability, crashing into a reef and sinking his craft before abandoning ship.

Just like you can seal off a damaged or leaky section in a ship to prevent it from sinking, you need to isolate the different parts of your life — your business, your relationships, or your finances — so that they don't spill into each other.

Refusing to take on the role of captain of a sinking ship, he stated that just last year the company was in its «survive stage,» and is now moving on to «Phase Two» in a three - step recovery process.

Lolololol... I think I read the slogan somewhere that was used during the 2nd world war... LOSE LIPS SINK SHIPS... but of course in this day and age it's television shows... oh and good riddance boys.

Partly because of bad luck in the sinking of a ship containing Wallace's collection of specimens, he produced nothing remotely like the immense mass of facts assembled by the primary founder of the new science of living things.

If China boards the sinking ship of globalization, it will share in the impending catastrophes.

Leonardo da Vinci suppressed his plans for a submarine: «This I do not divulge on account of the evil nature of men who would practice assassinations at the bottom of the sea by breaking ships in their lowest parts and sinking them.»

Of course, I'm in the same sinking ship, but on a smaller scale.

Their last full - length release was We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank in 2007, but now there's a new album that's set for release in «the first quarter» of 2015.

G. K. Chesterton once suggested that «it is a good exercise, in empty or ugly hours of the day, to look at anything, the coal - scuttle or the bookcase, and think how happy one could be to have brought it out of the sinking ship onto the solitary island» (Orthodoxy [Fontana.

Camosy said Richards «absolutely» gave momentum to the pro-life opposition and wondered whether she «decided to abandon a sinking ship» in light of the Justice Department inquiry.

The ivory combs recovered from the wreckage in the hole are identical to combs found in the remains of El Matancero, a Spanish merchant ship that sank off Mexico in 1742, but none of the 16 different crucifixes and religious medals recovered from the hole is like any of the 120 different crucifixes and medals found on the Matancero.

Let's just hope that the offer kroenke turned down this summer wasn't the one that could of saved us and that we don't fall to far away from Everton and Liverpool that we can't attract players when usamanov is ready to spend coz his timing this summer was perfect in my eyes with all the players contracts running out and a new manager coming in etc let's hope Wenger don't sink this ship to deep b4 usamanov saves arsenal football clubs exsistence

Arsenal is a sinking ship if we don't see real big changes in a season or two then we might be the new Liverpool of England.

We are looking like a sinking ship now but if we win couple of matches, all the AKBs will come out of holes and start their Wenger praises only to go missing during February or March when again we will be in pretty bad state.We need to keep protesting against Wenger and Board no matter what happens in next few matches.

After three centuries, during which hundreds of English, French and Spanish ships were trafficking, pirating, fighting and sinking in the Caribbean, popular fancy is inflamed most, of course, by the thought of gold, silver, and jewels of the East on the bottom.

We need SAMBA if we cant get in Cahill bfore the season begins.Otherwise Europa is written all over us and Nasri will be smartly walking away from a sinking ship come next yer in May free of charge.

After Paul Clement, Steve McClaren and Michael Laudrup ruled themselves out of the of the running when Harry Redknapp left in February and the club pulled out of their deal to appoint Tim Sherwood, Ramsey steered the sinking ship without much tangible success, but with dignity and honesty.

Stories where the brave little boy thwarts the evil witch or playacted fantasies of being the one to rescue his fellow pirates from a sinking ship give him a sense that he can be powerful and in control even in unfamiliar or scary situations.

So while I appreciate the argument that keeping our kids in public school benefits the community as a whole, I'm also not willing to keep my kids in a sinking ship so the school can reap an extra $ 5000 / year per child for the benefit of our community.

Imagine a ship damaged at sea, broken and sinking fast, heading for the safety and shelter of the harbor only to be stopped at the end of the breakwaters, the line between storm - tossed sea and calm waters, and told to clean up their deck, fix their rudders, and examine their ship logs to see where they went wrong, all while still in danger of sinking in the rough seas.

«I think it could only be in Britain,» said a clearly rattled Thatcher, «that a prime minister was accused of sinking an enemy ship that was a danger to our Navy.»

Fewer than half the men sent made it past Bordeaux, only four laid their mines and only two got back alive in a dangerous mission, which partially sank nine German ships, striking an immense blow to Germany's sense of impregnability.

Given the events of the last two weeks, I imagine Republican donors are less concerned with the polling numbers and more concerned with the impression the Republican campaign is giving of being completely inept, particularly in light of the revelation that Romney's staffers are paid more to achieve less than their Democrat counterparts (though Rachel Maddow shared an amusing story this week suggesting that wealthy Republicans had no problem throwing money at a sinking ship [skip to the 2 minute mark]-RRB-.

In as much as I had a soft spot for Comrade Mugabe as he exited office, I SALUTED the ZANU PF, for assuming its SUPREMACIST role and not allowing the whims and caprices of a single individual and his «stranger» wife, to act in ways that were ominously deeply sinking the ZANU PF, shiIn as much as I had a soft spot for Comrade Mugabe as he exited office, I SALUTED the ZANU PF, for assuming its SUPREMACIST role and not allowing the whims and caprices of a single individual and his «stranger» wife, to act in ways that were ominously deeply sinking the ZANU PF, shiin ways that were ominously deeply sinking the ZANU PF, ship.

With these kinds of investments in the arts for our students and teachers, the city is slowly righting a ship that was nearly sunk by Bloomberg's misguided policies.

In 1780, a Japanese ship foundered off the coast of a remote Aleutian island, and the Norway rats in the hold lived up to their reputation by fleeing the sinking shiIn 1780, a Japanese ship foundered off the coast of a remote Aleutian island, and the Norway rats in the hold lived up to their reputation by fleeing the sinking shiin the hold lived up to their reputation by fleeing the sinking ship.

Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C.

Editor's Note: Veteran science journalist Philip Hilts is working and diving with a team of archeologists, engineers and divers off the shore of Antikythera, a remote Greek island, where a treasure ship by the same name sank in 70 B.C.

I was on another ship and we were the first to arrive and witness both the passengers who float [ing] in their lifeboats and then the sinking of this 40 - year - old ship, which gave everyone caution because, of course, it suggests that, you know, there but for the grace of someone go I.

Ocean water sops up the red so effectively that 100 feet below the sea surface only the bluish components of sunlight penetrate; a sunken ship's crimson lower keel appears black to divers since nothing can look red in the absence of red light.

Before the MS Explorer sank off the coast of Antarctica seven years ago, passengers fled the ship in inflatable lifeboats in a scene reminiscent of the Titanic disaster.

A new analysis done to support the investigation into the 2015 sinking of the El Faro cargo ship has calculated the likelihood of a massive rogue wave during Hurricane Joaquin in October of that year — and demonstrated a new technique for evaluating the probability of rogue waves over space and time.

The coastline was barely recognizable; what had been one of the most beautiful and regular harbors in Asia now was an obstacle course, littered with masses of black pumice stone, tree trunks burnt and splintered as if by lightning, and the prows of previously sunken ships which the ocean had thrown onto land.

When wives went to collect the paychecks of their dead husbands in Southampton, they discovered that the men's pay had ended when the Titanic sank, because under British maritime law the crew members were paid by the ship, not the steamship line.

Fortunately, a catastrophe was narrowly averted by sheer luck: the ship got stuck on a rock instead of being in open water, where it would have sunk.

Getting the 3,229 passengers and 1,023 crew off the ship as quickly as possible was imperative because the ship was in danger of shifting and sinking.

Then there are the naval ships sunk during great engagements such as the attack on Pearl Harbor and the battle of Chuuk Lagoon, the Japanese base in the Pacific where the US sank over 50 Japanese ships.

In March, the team reported the discovery of the wreck of the HMS Tarpon, a British submarine from World War II that sank with around 59 crewmembers aboard after a battle with an armed German merchant ship in 194In March, the team reported the discovery of the wreck of the HMS Tarpon, a British submarine from World War II that sank with around 59 crewmembers aboard after a battle with an armed German merchant ship in 194in 1940.

In October 2009 the government of Italy announced that a wreck discovered off the southwestern tip of the country is the Catania, a passenger vessel sunk during World War I — and not the Cunski, a cargo ship loaded with radioactive waste, as alleged by district authorities from nearby Calabria.

Given that civil war was raging in Rome at the time it sank and that the ship was loaded with slingshot ammunition, archaeologists believe that much of the ship's lead may have been destined to end up as shot.

Earlier models had assumed that only 1 to 2 per cent of the iron contained in aerosols, including shipping emissions, is soluble in seawater, so the remaining 98 to 99 percent would sink to the bottom without affecting ocean life.

The Empire of Japan's attack on the U.S. naval base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, destroyed 169 aircraft and sunk 19 ships.

Perhaps my body is worried that I might be on a sinking ship, in the middle of the ocean, and I would have to float to shore, so it made sure I had two large flotation devices that will help me get there.