Sentences with phrase «on vulnerable parts»

Not exact matches

The United States» joint bid with Canada and Mexico once felt like a lock but it is looking more vulnerable by the day thanks in no small part to the US president

Thirteen months ago when the United States launched a joint bid to host the World Cup with Mexico and Canada at a news conference on the...

Not going to «Church» is a vulnerable position if it separates us from teaching and lining ourselves with the Truth — this forum is part of my Church at the moment so I value thoughts to challenge me on the journey.

As the Pope still has significant influence over the less educated masses in these parts of the World, he has exercised this power by: (a) Using some of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use; (b) Supporting government programs that distribute condoms to high risk groups; (c) Using its myriad of churches in these regions to distribute condoms; or (d) Scaring people into NOT using condoms, based upon his disdainful and aloof view that it is better that a person die than go against the Vatican's position on contraceptive use.

At some point virtually everyone involved in the enterprise feels the pinch of a misfit between yearnings and expectations that are important (and vulnerable) parts of one's personal identity, on one side, and on the other a set of unexpected, often unintelligible, frequently frustrating «givens» that appear to be important (and invulnerable?)

For the most part I would say to avoid these sites because I am convinced the internet is full of criminals that prey on the vulnerable like QVC does to elderly women but that's for you to decide.

It seems like Arsenal are very vulnerable on set pieces, a part of our attacking game that has been our strength lately

They've been toothless for the best part of two months now, scoring precisely one goal in each of their previous seven league matches, and so all it takes is some clinical finishing from their opponents to really put them on the back foot − and as we realised on Wednesday, that is when United are at their most vulnerable.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership,» Giove said.

It might be objected that such a long period between votes leaves Scotland vulnerable: what if the rest of the United Kingdom embarked on a scheme so hazardous (such as resolving to leave the European Union, for example) that Scotland's vital interests were imperilled by remaining part of the Union?

That's in part because lawmakers want to focus on campaigning and are back home more than usual, and party leaders tend to want to shield vulnerable members from tough votes.

«The IDC's track record on delivering for the most vulnerable New Yorkers is irrefutable,» Peralta, who represents parts of Jackson Heights, Corona, Elmhurst and East Elmhurst, wrote in an emailed statement.

Wisconsin has attracted the most outside spending of the Senate races so far, in part because Republicans view Baldwin as vulnerable on issues relating to veterans» health care.

Zeldin is No. 7 on Roll Call's list of the most vulnerable House members — in part because of his willingness to court Trump and his controversial comments about President Barack Obama being a racist.

Patterson, last I heard is a bit on the vulnerable side in terms of electability whether its because of his proposed budget, the Caroline Kennedy fiasco or perhaps an unwillingness on New York's part (remember Carl McCall) to consider an African American candidate for governor.

Zeldin on Monday formally announced his plans to run in the First Congressional district, where Democratic Rep. Tim Bishop is seen as especially vulnerable by national Republicans in part due to an ethics investigation.

The people truly losing here when NO ONE TAKES ACTION on the issue, is that the most vulnerable part of the equation gets hurt — aka, the illegal immigrants trying to make a decent wage.

«Until we achieve unity and stand up for women, immigrants, and the most vulnerable New Yorkers, all talk about a majority is nothing more than meaningless rhetoric on the part of failed leadership.»

However, the Conservative and Liberal Democrat government is ultimately responsible because their economic policies have unnecessarily delayed economic recovery, and they have unfairly put the burden of austerity on the most vulnerable parts of society, and on those least able to bear it.

Methods included using pipes called thermosiphons along the sides of the tracks to refrigerate vulnerable parts of the soil along the highest parts of the plateau, an area that comprises the largest continuous sub-Arctic permafrost region on the planet.

But now, a vulnerable glacier on the other side of the island, part of a massive flow of ice known as the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, shows that yet another region of Greenland is feeling the effects of warming oceans.

LONDON (Reuters)- Extreme floods like those swamping parts of Britain in recent months could become more frequent in Europe by 2050, more than quadrupling financial losses, if climate change worsens and more people live in vulnerable areas, research showed on Sunday.

Hoping to cash in on personalized cancer therapy, a new company called Foundation Medicine — founded in part by genome guru Eric Lander of the Broad Institute — plans to develop tests for genetic glitches in tumors that make them vulnerable to specific drugs, reports the United Kingdom's Times Online.

On the bright side the snow leopard, which was previously endangered, is now listed as vulnerable, thanks in part to efforts to reduce poaching.

Based on CO2 levels when the ice sheet formed, the researchers report that Antarctica's ice will be «dramatically» more vulnerable to melting once CO2 surpasses 600 parts per million in the atmosphere.

It also follows on the heels of earlier studies this year indicating that parts of Greenland and Antarctica may be far more vulnerable to warming ocean temperatures than previously believed.

And just last year, the United States and the United Kingdom announced an in - depth coordinated research project focused on one of West Antarctica's largest and most vulnerable glaciers, the Thwaites Glacier, which will focus in large part on the interaction of the ocean and the ice front.

As you might know, I work part - time as an Independent Ambassador with Noonday Collection (on top of my 8 - to - 5), a small company that partners with artisan businesses in vulnerable communities to create beautiful accessories and dignified jobs.

Modest Dressing, as a Virtue (The New York Times) «In a vulnerable, volatile time — perhaps one particularly so for women — figure - obscuring clothing serves as a kind of armour, as well as a retort to a reality - TV - inured culture apparently intent on exposing any private moment, any intimate body part, for public consumption.»

On top of his usual gruff posturing and natural aggression, Winstone brings a vulnerable quality to the part which makes him more compelling.

Chris Hume, partnership manager at GoSafe, said: «Our continued focus on 20mph limits around schools is part of our commitment to safer communities, and to protect the most vulnerable road users; our children.

The pupil premium research carried out by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) has shown how, as part of a whole ‑ school approach, low - cost, high - impact strategies can impacting positively on outcomes for children and young people with SEN and help in narrowing the gap in attainment for our most vulnerable students (http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk).

This line of reasoning has two parts: first, requirements for earning a high school diploma increased, and second, the expanded requirements had a negative impact on the graduation rate of vulnerable groups.

Despite the aforementioned context, there are many examples of high levels of involvement and engagement in vulnerable and economically stressed communities, the results of good strategy and creativity on the part of those educators.

Any decisions the board makes at this point could be vulnerable to change, given that the U.S. Department of Education has yet to regulate the parts of ESSA that touch on the accountability question.

He added that AQA had reneged on guidance to schools about the standard needed to achieve a C grade and said that this had hit the most vulnerable part of the student population hardest.

If Jacobs's allegations are true, and if many multiples of books by many authors are vulnerable to this claim, the potential liability here on the part of Ellora's Cave is massive.

While the former is trying to come up with the utility tool, RIM on its part is all too eager to have the security hole plugged since such a thing makes the PlayBook vulnerable to malicious attacks.

Although hair loss can occur on all parts of the body, the head and ears are especially vulnerable to hair loss when felines rub themselves against furniture and carpets trying to find relief.

Regulatory bodies from all around Europe and later on from other parts of the world argued that making it possible for players to buy loot boxes actually trivialized gambling and made it an activity that could be easily accessed by minors and other vulnerable people.

It is vulnerable in most parts of the body, however, if Wario tries to jump on it, the little creature will unleash its perilous icy spines, dangerous for the hero.

The things that hold us back and manipulate our fears are often preying on the part of us that feels small, vulnerable, and innocent.

«After refusing to engage in a dialogue, the protestors increased their aggressive techniques, by distributing further false information about us on anonymous social media accounts and bullying and threatening our staff and presenters, including people who are themselves part of vulnerable communities,» Owens wrote.

Situated on a site in Montgomery, Alabama where enslaved people were once warehoused, the museum and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice are part of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the United States, to challenging racial and economic injustice, and to protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.

The US Navy's interest is to use the nuclear aircraft carriers nuclear power to make 100,000 gallons of jet fuel per day so they don't have to be dependent on supplies from tankers which are the most vulnerable part of the logistics to support the navy.

In Issues, a pioneer in geoengineering has laid out the framework for a comprehensive US research plan, saying it should be part of a coherent climate policy agenda that includes vigorous support for climate science, increases efforts to cut emissions, helps the most vulnerable populations to adapt, develops negative emission technologies, and renews a commitment to growing international governance on climate matters.

It draws on experiences and lessons learned from a pilot Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) / Government of Lesotho project, and makes recommendations as to how on - the - ground community - based responses could be scaled up to other parts of the country, and possibly to other vulnerable countries across southern Africa.

He has made himself vulnerable to the slings and arrows of the climate change / CO2 crowd and that shows courage on his part.

On the basis of past performance, when a policymaker asks, «Which parts of this area are most vulnerable to nitrate pollution and need to be protected?»

We must see climate change as an ethical problem because: (a) it is a problem caused by some people in one part of the world that puts others and the natural resources on which they depend at great risk, (b) the harms to these other people are not mere inconveniences but in some cases catastrophic losses of life or the ability to sustain life, and (c) those who are vulnerable to climate change cant petition their governments to act to protect themselves but must rely upon a hope that a sense of justice and responsibility of those causing the problem will motivate them to change their behavior.

For many years, vulnerable countries have pushed for loss and damage (L&D) to be tackled as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).