Sentences with phrase «of sharp spikes»

A pair of rollerskates gradually becomes a network of fungus - like membranes, or an ordinary handbag grows an unnerving coat of sharp spikes.

And in order to understand if the price is ready to retrace, we need to analyse what were the reasons of sharp spike higher seen last week.

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Previous analyses of that effort suggested it would cost even more losses in health care coverage (to the tune of 32 million fewer insured by 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office) compared to the Senate's current bill and foster sharp premium spikes.

«Imagine landing on a vast field of tall sharp ice spikes, and remember that at the temperature of Europa ice has the strength of granite.»

A recent New York Times analysis suggests that overdoses have now become the leading cause of death among Americans younger than 50, and that these fatalities rose 19 % to 65,000 deaths in 2016, witch an even sharper spike possible this year.

It was the second straight session of sharp gains for nickel, adding to Wednesday's 7.5 - percent spike, spurred by worries over tighter global supply for a commodity already in deficit.

«If we have some sort of geopolitical risk... gold is always going to be sort of a harbor of safety and could have a sharp spike higher.»

Interest rates are at historic lows, and a sharp spike in rates could drop the value of solar bonds.

After the price of $ BITA spiked above the $ 20 level, we made a judgment call to trail a tight stop below the prior day's low in order to lock in gains in the event of a sharp pullback.

Avalere CEO Dan Mendelson said Thursday that those kinds of sharp price spikes his company identified would be met by a mass exodus by customers from their existing Affordable Care Act plans.

What we see is a sharp upward spike in median wealth in the second half of the 1990s and the first half of the 2000s.

I was concerned in several conversations, with me undertaking most of the listening, about the prospect of a sharp oil price tag spike, if the Opec exporters» cartel, getting broken US shale producers by dragging prices down, starts off limiting source as soon as much more.

once more: look at the data and then deduce your own hypothesis to explain the glaringly sharp spike on the right side of the x / y chart which plots global temperature trends over the last 2 centuries.

if you look at the data — that sharp spike alllll the way on the right side of the x / y chart that illustrates global climate change over the last 150 years — has been attributed to the industrial revolution and «man» belching tons of crap out into the atmosphere.

One immediate consequence of so many sites shutting down: quite likely, a short, sharp spike in human productivity!

This broad coalition of core supporters, moderate patriots and more radical nationalists, accounts for the sharp spike in support for Putin during the Ukrainian crisis.

The cost of addressing the mounting issues over the physical condition standards at the New York City Housing Authority, or NYCHA, has showed a sharp spike during the first term of Mayor Bill de Blasio (D - New York City), according to press reports.

The best Democratic performances in the state Senate in the past half - century have come in elections in which Barack Obama led the ticket and inspired a sharp spike in turnout in some solidly blue portions of the state.

He reported «a sharp spike» in the number of complaints his offices in the region have received recently.

And while that sharp spike has leveled off, the amount of deals still remains much higher than before 2005.

As mentioned earlier, a CW laser sends out a steady stream of light at a precise frequency, and its spectrum looks like one sharp spike.

FRBs first came to the attention of the scientific community in 2007, when Parkes researchers studying archival data came across a short, sharp spike in readings taken six years earlier.

What's not so simple is convincing most people to lie down on a bunch of sharp little spikes.

New research shows there's been a sharp spike in cases of major depression in the United States in recent years, especially among teens and millennials.

Your body digests and absorbs them slowly, causing a gradual, steady rise in blood sugar instead of a quick, sharp spike.

This amount of fiber helps to slow down digestion enough to prevent sharp spikes in blood sugar.

VIOLENCE / GORE 4 - A super-villain has a woman chloroformed and kidnapped: he ties her to a chair, lowers spinning wheels from the ceiling toward her (they contain by turns a chainsaw blade, spiked boots, sharp blades and a flamethrower), he opens a sliding floor to show snapping alligators that we see twice, a spider lowers on a strand of webbing, the villain says it's deadly, the woman blows it into his eye and he screams.

Critic Consensus: Chi - Raq is as urgently topical and satisfyingly ambitious as it is wildly uneven — and it contains some of Spike Lee's smartest, sharpest, and all - around entertaining late - period work.

Spike Lee's sharp, riotous satire, from 2000, zeroes in on the grotesque misrepresentation of blacks in American media - and their underrepresentation in the corporate offices that control it.

What set his movies apart was, first of all, their malicious wit — a wit registered not only in Election's sharp script but in stylistic choices like the vintage Ennio Morricone music cues that accompany Tracy's periodic spikes of anxiety and frustrated ambition.

School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.

However, her 25th year of teaching (at age 50) allows her to begin collecting pension checks five years earlier, producing a sharp spike in wealth accrual.

What features of the benefit formula give rise to such sharp spikes in pension wealth accrual?

Forward - facing spikes of the taillights connect to sharp surface breaks and are themselves concave in transverse section.

On the 2nd of November there was a sharp spike in my ranking.

D2D says the majority of its system is automated, and is built to scale up with the addition of new authors and new books, for conversions, distribution and other processes but there is bound to be some lag at present following the very sharp spike in incoming books for Amazon's Kindle platform.

Fixed rate mortgages carry the same interest rate for the entire life of the mortgage, and can protect buyers from sharp spikes in interest rates.

Dogs The American Kennel Club reported a sharp spike in dog - napping during the first seven months of 2011.

This spike on the upper arcade of teeth is very sharp and gouging into the cheek every time the bunny tries to chew.

Here's the gist: from a floating horn thingy a herd of sheep are fired into the landscape, their goal to navigate the many buzzsaws, sharp spikes and other deadly objects that scatter the land in order to reach the finish.

There's even a boss fight in this mode near the tail end of the game that really tested my patience, and in fact, on normal, there are several sharp spikes in difficulty throughout the game that might put off younger players.

Just be prepared to take a deep breath after you die for the umpteenth time when you had the boss on its last bit of life, you fall into that pit, or explode after impacting an impossibly sharp spike.

The environment design is effectively an evil character in itself as the surrounding environments are full of traps including sharp edged objects such as spikes, windmill blades, pistons and more besides are progressively introduced, although the environments can be tamed by manipulating time.

With Spike TV rolling out the red carpet for the annual Game Awards show in downtown Los Angeles, gaming's best and brightest are getting ready for a thrilling two hours of sharp suits, glamorous dresses, and big - budget advertising spots.

With Spike TV rolling out the red carpet for the annual Game Awards show in downtown Los Angeles, gaming's best and brightest are getting ready for a thrilling two hours of sharp suits, glamorous...

Finally, Coin Battle has players battling out to have the most coins by the end of the stage, and there's little reason to worry about knocking other players down holes or into sharp spikes and whatnot.

There are several different types of line paintings presented in Curvilinear: some feature central, narrow fields of color while others have flat unmodulated backgrounds; some contain only uniform lines, or lines with sharp spikes, or «claws,» as Feitelson called them; and others have thick, curving lines of multiple colors that bend together in a gentle sway.

[UPDATE, 1/14: Max Boykoff at the University of Colorado, has posted a chart showing a sharp spike in media coverage of climate change in late December.

This graph got far less attention this week than a much sharper year - on - year spike in worry and the highest level of belief (in 15 years of tracking) that humans are the main cause.

A searing heat wave struck Moscow in late June 2010, spawning massive wildfires, killing tens of thousands, and cutting Russia's wheat crop by 40 %, contributing to a sharp spike in world food prices.