Sentences with phrase «of huge disasters»

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If you allow any part of your business to be dependent on anything, you're setting yourself up for disaster (or at least a huge gamble).

I get a little nauseous every time I hear a huge natural disaster causing death, injury, and destruction being equated with the wrath of God.

Brian, Well I suppose I do have a fear about what these fantasy beliefs can do to cause trouble all over the world, as if we don't have enough with real problems of political ills, poverty, diseases and natural disasters; but mostly I am repelled by so many, like eaglemt and the huge number of others like him / her, who preach hell - fire and eternal torment for those who don't regard their unproven beliefs as reality.

First, in the media battle that raged before the Pope's arrival, the Protest the Pope coalition got a huge amount of coverage, so much, indeed, that some of us began to fear that the visit might turn out to be a disaster.

But they talked nothing but economics — against bailouts and being stimulated, against the fiscal disaster that ObamaCare will be, for the «fair tax,» against the tax burden that are the children of illegal immigrants, and against the huge debt given us by the combo of Bush and Obama.

This might work, except for the fact that when God «withdraws» or «kicks a rebellious child out,» usually a huge disaster follows in which lots of children (and animals) are killed in horrible ways.

We also have the likes of youngsters James Chester and Craig Cathcart to revert to if the club is struck down by a huge injury disaster.

A draw would not be a disaster if Swansea were also to drop points, but City have to look for one of the two wins needed to give the Swans a huge task to survive.

Mind you, the current Italian coach, brought in to replace Gian Piero Ventura in the wake of the Swedish disaster, always knew that the huge shadows of such as Roberto Mancini, Antonio Conte and Carlo Ancelotti were hanging over his job.

While I can't recall the first conversation I had with my dad about the Munich Air Disaster, the knowledge of this huge piece of our club's history is...

Is it going to take some huge disaster to cause the breakdown of the way we eat here in America?

In that case, how come that huge amount of military personal and powerful equipment isn't used for the sake of public benefit like disaster control (helping clean up after the hurricane etc.) or maintaining public order, considering that almost all military personel have VASTLY better training compared to the average policeman.

A sustained online campaign from prominent figures such as Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, who was also manager on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, has led to a huge wave of support for greater transparency over the issue.

This dreadful and emotionally - charged story also crucially came just a week after another equally huge police story: that South Yorkshire police had lied and operated a cover - up of unimaginably distasteful proportions during and after the Hillsborough disaster.

«If schemes like Crossrail, the bringing of local rail services under London's control with London Overground, Tube modernisation and the management of our buses go wrong, they are so large they will create not only a transport but a financial disaster for London with huge rises in fares and business rates.»

BP lost $ 17 billion in the three months to June as it faced huge clean - up costs for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.

And he was constantly urging that Britain should enter the Eurozone, which would have been another policy disaster of huge proportions.

The intelligence of the Observer reader is insulted by the implication that while these huge cuts have been absorbed with great effectiveness any further cuts would be a disaster:

While this year's disaster at Japan's Fukushima Dai'ichi plant, the worst since Chernobyl in 1986, was caused by the one - two punch of a huge earthquake followed by an immense tsunami — a disaster unlikely to occur in many locations — it revealed technical and institutional weaknesses that must be fixed around the world.

So, yeah, we have seen huge economic advantages during disasters of keeping an intact ecosystem.

And it's the reason that researchers dependent on federal money, and especially those in the physical sciences, are heaving huge sighs of relief over a disaster narrowly averted.

«Moving to higher ground, officially recommended after the disaster, would mean a huge change for residents in the region, many of whom rely on the sea and land for their livelihood,» says Sako.

The vault houses a huge bank of seeds (320,554 samples and increasing) from collections around the world, protecting seed diversity from losses due to natural disasters, wars, and other calamities.

«The loss of structural complexity that reefs provide is a huge disaster for the species associated with reefs,» says Rogers.

Is it the huge chunks of comet or asteroid a kilometre or more across that threaten global disaster once every 500 000 years or so?

Joel, if you are convinced that there is a huge influence of GHGs on temperature, then Kyoto indeed is peanuts and one need to reduce CO2 / CH4 emissions to near zero within a few decades to prevent disaster.

With sympathy to the ranchers in Montana, even this huge fire is just an early taste of the limits of disaster management in a climate - threatened world.

If you've watched the news or the weather channel lately you know a huge amount of natural disasters have happened over the past several months.

A huge reason why iodine fell out of favor is the «Wolff - Chaikoff Effect,» which has been a disaster for public health.

So this Anastasia organization is performing a huge disservice — promoting, propagating, generating a HUGE amount of corruption and profiting tremendously from it — a major MAJOR SCAM and DISASTER — for all — the young people growing up there as well as the ripped off huge disservice — promoting, propagating, generating a HUGE amount of corruption and profiting tremendously from it — a major MAJOR SCAM and DISASTER — for all — the young people growing up there as well as the ripped off HUGE amount of corruption and profiting tremendously from it — a major MAJOR SCAM and DISASTER — for all — the young people growing up there as well as the ripped off men.

Rockstar's San Diego studio has been slaving away for the past 6 years to cook up Red Dead Redemption, game that that was admitted to be a «huge disaster» 6 months ago by one of the key developers — who went on to claim that it existed only to

«The Towering Inferno» laid the foundation for good disaster movies to come, both in being huge budget and cast wise, and with great special effects that accompany a story that makes you glad you're not one of the people you're watching on the screen.

The initial disaster that sparks a chain reaction of events and a huge fireball is pretty impressive I must say, some good model work in there I think also.

Like Melancholia, Attack the Block takes a small disaster (a nurse gets mugged) and then contrasts it against a huge one (a swarm of alien beasties arrive and start killing everyone in sight).

I was hoping he would offer — of course — but was wary of wasting his time on a huge disaster.

As a huge fan of Adam Sandler, it pains me to say that Jack and Jill is a disaster from beginning to end.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice PG - 13 for intense sequences and action throughout and some sensuality Extended Cut Rated R sequences of violence Rotten Tomatoes Score: 27 % Available on DVD, Blu - ray, Blu - ray 3D and 4K Ultra HD With the huge success that Marvel has had with their Avengers franchise, DC has moved into that space with this new Justice League intro that poses an angry Batman who sees a threat in the newest disasters surrounding Superman — and thus tries to put an end to the alien hero.

Huge numbers of dead bodies are shown, some floating in water, some charred by fire, others bloody and pinned by debris — all are the result of natural disaster.

This film is a classic disaster movie with a huge cast of characters that are crushed, drowned or otherwise killed in a massive earthquake that shakes up the entire western coastline.

It is a huge gamble for ministers, because the sight of pupils being sent home from cash - strapped schools would be a disaster.

WARNING: THIS BOOK IS THE MEANDERING INCOMPLETE THOUGHTS OF A MIDDLE - AGEd WOMAN THAT EATS LIKE A ITALIAN SUMO WRESTLER AND BOUGHT A DISASTER OF A HOUSE THAT NEEDED A HUGE AMOUNT OF REPAIR.

However, when disaster strikes just shy of their 500th letter and a huge club celebration, the group's survival hangs in the balance, and Janet finds herself railroaded into a madcap mission to save it.

So long as the people at the top have a very large financial incentive to make good decisions (ideally because they own a huge part of the company) the risk of disaster is muted.

This can make a huge difference if you lose your job, get injured, become ill, experience a natural disaster, otherwise, find yourself at the mercy of some unexpected expense, or to afford a major purchase within a few years.

Seeing that, you either envisage huge potential upside (and an Irish economy that's painfully, but successfully, adjusting), and perhaps you're already investing in / considering Green REIT — or you're horrified by such a disaster (and Ireland's economy & Debt / GDP ratio), and wouldn't touch Green REIT even if it was the last damn stock on earth... I prefer to focus on the risks myself — the upside usually takes care of itself:

As a non-profit Foundation the focus of our efforts will be to provide financial assistance to organizations that are working to help animals affected by this disaster, to help them support people struggling to provide shelter, care and food for their animals, and to assist local rescues and shelters with the huge influx of homeless pets.

«This trailer and its associated capabilities represent a huge step forward within the realm of emergency and disaster preparedness.

Based on volcanology data, the volcano's eruption was quite huge, with an amplitude level of 52 dB and a volcanic ash altitude of more than 2,000 meters above the crater,» said NTB Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) head Muhammad Rum on Tuesday.

Arif, who is also the chairman of INACA, further explained that this achievement came when the airline industry is facing huge challenges, from a sluggish economy to a number of «force majeures» or natural disasters, such as volcanic eruptions and haze.

Whitehall Lane, Peju Province Winery, Markham Vineyards, Hall Wines, Duckhorn Vineyards, Paraduxx, Frank Family Vineyards, and Huge Bear Winesare among the wineries that will donate tasting fees, which can range from $ 20 to $ 75, through the end of October to various fire recovery groups, such as the Napa Valley Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund.