Sentences with phrase «of bulldozers»

(TNS)-- Amid the California rumble of bulldozers and buzz of traffic, a 394 - unit apartment complex partly funded by Facebook is taking form here, with perks such as a bike repair shop, pet spa and sports pub designed to attract tech workers.

The former mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said he would lie in front of the bulldozers to stop this (a lot of people are hoping he keeps his word and are volunteering to drive them).

Keep in mind that as it stands at the end of July, there aren't legions of bulldozers revving their engines to clear all these lots come the middle of September, but the threat of removing what has become, in many neighborhoods, one of the defining characteristics of the area, providing huge quality of life benefits, has definitely raised the alarm among those people who frequent them and are dedicated to the preventing the privatization of what has been, for over a decade in some places, de facto public space.

As guardians of the park, they said they were trying to protect pristine areas from the destructive effects of bulldozers, fire engines and irrigation pipes.

Patkar and several members of her organization, National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) were arrested after leading a large group of residents to stand in front of bulldozers and block the demolition site.

In the village of Khaishi, residents threatened to block construction by orchestrating a sit - in in front of the bulldozers unless they received their compensation, which had vanished along with their former village headman.

Finally, the «jobs» meme is so nonsense — we can easily maximize jobs by building new highways with shovels instead of bulldozers (or even using spoons instead of shovels) but it would bankrupt us.

But for now, the creatures who occupy or pass through this bit of land on Prince Edward County's south shore may do so without the threat of bulldozers rolling across the terrain or 50 - storey machines whirring overhead.

If Gore really believes that civil disobedience is an important strategy — then he needs to lead the effort and go chain himself to some fences and sit in front of some bulldozers with thousands of others.

RE: «If Gore really believes that civil disobedience is an important strategy — then he needs to lead the effort and go chain himself to some fences and sit in front of some bulldozers with thousands of others.»

In The First Woman on the Moon (1999) she enlisted the help of bulldozers to transform a deserted beach in the Netherlands into a fictitious moonscape to stage a moon landing.

I'm very interested in how Dr. Perlmutter's research can enhance my understanding of what constitutes an optimal human diet, but it will take an army of bulldozers to convince me I really need milk, eggs, or meat to complete my transformation.

I hear the sound of bulldozers.

Heathrow expansion is supported by George Osborne but opposed by senior Tories including Theresa May, Boris Johnson — who has vowed to «lie down in front of the bulldozers» to stop it» - and Tory MP Zac Goldsmith, who is running for election as London Mayor in May.

As both a Councillor and Parliamentary candidate I committed to lie in front of bulldozers and joined the Heathrow Climate Camp.

So will Boris Johnson still lie down in front of the bulldozers to stop the runway being built, as he pledged earlier this year?

Johnson lamented the government's decision to back a third runway at Heathrow — but skirted questions as to whether he would lie in front of bulldozers to prevent its construction.

Itasca — As the grinding sounds of bulldozers multiply with every commercial and residential development in suburban areas, the demand for open space for park and recreational use is turning potential playgrounds into battlefields, says Elk Grove Park District Director Jack Claes.

Unlike the work of bulldozers, which Berry calls «a powerful generalizer» that works against the impulse «to take care of things, to pay attention to the details,» «good work is always modestly scaled, for it can not ignore either the nature of individual places or the differences between places, and it always involves a sort of religious humility, for not everything is known.

And if opponents like Burnaby, B.C., Mayor Derek Corrigan follow through with threats to throw themselves in front of the bulldozers, Trudeau will show no sympathy when the RCMP throws protestors into the clink, says Brownsey.

and «Mother Mary, have pity on us», as they attempts to hinder the work of a bulldozer and the police.

The offense came out in a tight T formation — the gridiron equivalent of the bulldozer — and plowed us into the ground.

Jumping one step ahead of the bulldozer, Kane County Forest Preserve and St. Charles Park District officials hammered out final details of an agreement that will prevent development on 158 acres of St. Charles Township land.

One solution is to build a bin on the back of the bulldozer and fill it with regolith to make a counterweight before serious digging begins.Another is to outfit the bulldozer with augers, so it can screw itself into the lunar surface.

At 5 feet 8 inches, Max, 62, is rugby - player stocky with bushy eyebrows, a thick mustache, and all the subtlety of a bulldozer.

The classic image of the market is that of a bulldozer compelling firms to improve constantly - or be crushed.

A number of the pieces, such as the depiction of a bulldozer knocking over a snake charmer from the 2006 series «Charming Nation,» address the rapid social changes confronting a globalizing India today, yet they often do this with a sense of ambivalence.

The Seabees introduced that generation to the wonders of the bulldozer.

Everything in ecology short of a bulldozer or major asteroid strike is a necessary but not sufficient condition.

Make use of levers, gears and motors to maneuver the boom of the bulldozer and place the bucket in the correct area.

Be responsible for operating, cleaning, repairing and maintaining efficiency of the bulldozer

repair of cutting edges, blades, buckets, and tracks on all types and sizes of bulldozer, excavators, mini excavators, backhoes

Not exact matches

Native Americans march to a burial ground sacred site that was disturbed by bulldozers building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), near the encampment where hundreds of people have gathered to join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's protest of the oil pipeline that is slated to cross the Missouri River nearby, Sept. 4, 2016 near Cannon Ball, North Dakota.

In polished glass - and - steel Calgary, where bulldozers stand ready to crush any structure older than your grandmother, Shantz has become a hound and hero to a growing cadre of designers, architects and home builders.

Instead of letting that thought fester, I would envision the thought as a big pile of rubbish, and envision a bulldozer pushing that thought and pile of trash, right out of the edge of my mind.

The sound of chain saws began to fill the silence that spread across San Juan late Wednesday afternoon as firefighters began to remove trees and used small bulldozers to lift toppled concrete light posts.

Scenes of starved, naked bodies, piles and piles being shoved by bulldozers into lime pits, is a nigh inexpressible instance of shamelessness, with the dead reduced to anonymous carcasses.»

As the bulldozers roared, I was reminded of the suburban growth around U.S. cities, and of the fact that farmlands have to give way there, too, as homes are constructed.

Any time I think I've found some kernel of truth, a bulldozer of some higher knowledge runs over it!

The kingdom of God is not brought in with bulldozers.

China Reveals What It Wants to Do with Christianity Bulldozer death of pastor's wife draws attention, but president's long - awaited speech on religion will impact Chinese Christians much more.

If we are not careful, indeed, the bulldozer will become the symbol of the Great Society.

And the more I listened, the more absurd the higher powers became in the language of «recovery» — the higher powers were tables, bulldozers, radiators, goddesses, «somethings,» «any god you want,» «yourself as not - god,» the Big Dipper, Santa Claus, and — on Friday Nights, at our Larkspur Beginner's Meeting — «it» was regularly called «Ralph.»

I myself will never adopt an understanding that the power to overcome «disease» or sin or «sickness» or whatever alcoholism is, can be received from, or operated with, «something» or «somebody» or a «power greater than myself» or a «higher power» or a «group» or a light bulb, chair, bulldozer, goddess, doorknob, radiator or any of the other «absurd names for God» (as Rev. Sam Shoemaker, our «cofounder» described them).

Thus if one wants theological license to increase radioactivity without constraint, to consent to the bulldozer mentality of developers, or to encourage unbridled harvest of old growth forests, historically there has been no better scriptural source than Genesis 1 - 2.

The questioner rapidly moves on to confront the interviewees with a moral dilemma, describing an actual slaughter of 1,600 Jews that occurred in 1942: «If a Nazi soldier put a rifle to your head and demanded that you bury Jews alive with a bulldozer, would you do it?»

Just before midnight on August 9, the bulldozers moved in and destruction of Jerusalem's best - known Islamic cemetery was once again under way.

Bulldozer death of pastor's wife draws attention, but president's long - awaited speech on religion will impact Chinese Christians much more.

Our sand box toys include the normal array of «big machines» like bulldozers and cranes, but the majority of the toys are a motley collection of old kitchen items.

what they aren't mentioning is that at the controls of the buried bulldozer was the body of the starting QB for OSU.....