Sentences with phrase «other calamity in»

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So let's add that to the Zika virus, the open sewer of a harbour where the sailors and triathletes will compete, the street crime that has already made a victim of an Australian para-athlete and the financial and political chaos that includes a president facing impeachment, many other politicians facing indictments and the declaration of a «state of public calamity» in Rio de Janeiro, with a top state official adding that it is on the verge of «social collapse.»

«If, in your thinking, you rely entirely on others, often through purchase or professional advice, whenever outside a small territory of your own, you will suffer much calamity» Charlie Munger

America's hospitals were beset by an unusual number of calamities in 2017: Fires raged in Northern and Southern California; hurricanes displaced thousands in Houston, Florida and Puerto Rico; the deadliest mass shooting in modern history killed 58 people and wounded more than 500 others in Las Vegas; and an attack at a Bronx hospital in which a doctor turned a gun on his former colleagues, killing one and injuring six.

I completely agree with you in that your statement, «Almost all great stories, novels, myths, and movies have as their core plot the idea of a person who sacrificially gives of himself for others, to rescue and deliver them from some calamity, and in so doing, suffers great personal loss, but ultimately rises into glory,» is no coincidence.

To help us understand these quotes it is useful to explore occurrences of the two facts: «presenting oneself before the Lord» and the «power to cause calamity» in other parts of the Bible.

The danse macabre in the Middle East, the Israel - Palestinian conflict, the torrent of diabolic weapons showered by the U. S. for the use of Afghan rebels who first hung noble President Najibullah on a street pole and then indulged in mutual massacre flooding with blood the snow - white mountains (the sombre slaughter, even amidst natural calamities, is still unabated) and other holocausts baffle description.

Whatever plan it followed, it would seem to be a calamity which the church need not add to her many other lost opportunities, to allow the cure and care of the drunkard to fall entirely into the hands of science, which admittedly needs all the help that faith in God can give in dealing with an ill so largely spiritual as the excessive use of alcohol.

Thank you for giving me the chance to express out but still I am hurt and a nice word will cool it of and guide me if wrong and about quitting I would because what I am doing now at CNN is taking almost my whole time since the Quran burnning issue and would out doubt I will go back to it and that's why I mentioned earlier that we back here worry about our daily bread and water for family support but needed from you in the free world to notice us out there and have your say on behalf of all heavenly beliefs that what is happening is wrong, One Nation Calamities to other nations benefit, profit?!

After all, heaven must be a great place to look forward to as there certainly can not be any leukemia in children, natural disasters that kill the innocent nor other calamities that afflict the masses as occurs on earth, the place in which god is omnipresent, looking after his followers.

The Holocaust and many other horrendous calamities in history are the cosmic extension of that, writ large.

what is necessary and a very important change for us today and the future is our conscience, and this requires global consciousness necessary for our long term needs and survival, we need a faith that will compel us to unite to address the problems of survival, in the future, a few thousand years from now the glacial period cycle is due, earth will no longer be hospitable and we either have to immigrate to other planets or, develope a system that will protect us, the natural calamities like floods, typhoons, sub zero temperatures, will become our big problem in the future, so we need a religion that will guide our conscience from simplistic self survival towards a more holistic view of reality.Our oneness with ourselves and Him is the primary tenets or doctrines of this religion.

It is curious to note the way in which our world calamity has destroyed some of our comfortable delusions, but not others.

It is one of the greatest calamities of all history that close related people killed each other on the battle fields of the British colonies in America only for the sake of some ridiculous taxes or for the sake of independence.

She unflinchingly blasted «the omnipotence of a heavenly being who decrees suffering» 40 as a manifestation of either «Christian masochism» (the calamities we accept as somehow God's will) or «Christian sadism» (the calamities we inflict on others in God's name), or both.41 There is «no way to combine omnipotence with love.»

It has also been teaching farmers to diversify their crops, promote organic agriculture, and to strengthen farmers» network so that they may help each other in times of difficulties and calamities.

Others among the first ten are Katsina state in the seventh position garnering N44.80 billion, Oyo hits number eight with N43.78 billion, Kaduna manages with number nine position with N42.60 billion and the tenth place surprisingly goes to Borno State, with N39.63 bn despite the calamities that have befallen the North Eastern state.

Others joined in, indignant, eager to tell a rare foreign visitor about the calamity that had befallen their pigs.

Mercy Corps has also developed workbooks for children affected by Hurricane Katrina, conflict in the Gaza Strip and other calamities.

Between now and then, humans will face plenty of other calamities: wars and pestilences, ice ages, asteroid impacts, and the eventual consumption of Earth — in about 5 billion years — as our sun expands into a red giant star.

Combined with other calamities, we find ourselves in a two - front war: Fire and heat that ravage inland communities, and massively destructive storms that damage coastal zones.

Other good but different places would be holiday parties, birthday parties (go for the birthday girl) and even taking advantage of time, as in Valentine's day or a recent calamity that threatens the world, which makes women seize the moment and sleep with some random guy.

Bad - hair days», «nothing - to - wear», «the pain of psoriasis», or other embarrassing zit - like calamities that might befall you, will never again put you in «time - out»

Like Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider and Monte Hellman's Two - Lane Blacktop, two other definitive American pictures of the late 1960s, Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool ends in motor - vehicle calamity that shatters any illusion of a happy Hollywood ending.

A few other Westerns featuring female protagonists that almost made the cut are: the Coens» «True Grit» although we just didn't really feel like Hailee Steinfeld, good as she is, actually leads the movie; Samuel Fuller «s «Forty Guns» which also stars Western superheroine Barbara Stanwyck; 1995 TV movie «Buffalo Girls» in which Anjelica Huston plays Calamity Jane; William Wellman's «Westward the Women» in which a wagon train of «marriageable» females is brought out to supply a woman - starved town in the West; and straight to video title «The Desperate Trail,» just because this is a list about strong women leads and they don't get much stronger than Linda Fiorentino (alongside Sam Elliott).

BLAZING SADDLES was the latest in a long line of cowboy comedies (CARRY ON COWBOY and CALAMITY JANE being other excellent examples), but not only did it send up the canon, it stepped out of the movie, literally breaking the fourth wall, and becomes a comedy about cinema, ALL THE WHILE tackling racism in a subversive, clever and, most importantly, funny way.

Of the other X-Men, there is no trace (some unexplained calamity has decimated them) other than a fragile Caliban (Stephen Merchant), barely functional in the role of Professor X's caregiver.

It hung around in my car, making more of itself, piling on, the feeling of its dead weight slowing me down, drawing out the drama of expectation and allowing me to witness each potential calamity in slow motion until, eventually, I arrived on the other side, astonished and safe.

And, in the knowledge that just as we all have the capacity to act selflessly out of concern for others» well - being, so do we all have the potential to be murderers and torturers, I vowed never in any way to contribute to such a calamity.

After a pandemic, an invasion, and several other destabilizing calamities, North America has found itself in a decades - long state of chaos.

When you look back at great turning points in history, whether wars or economic calamities, the world sometimes knows what it is going to happen and other times it doesn't.

In other words, investors react to this kind of potential calamity or windfall by paying a little less or more for investments than they otherwise would.

If you lose your job, run into illness, or face some other calamity, you don't want this emergency fund to be in stocks.

In other words, investors react to this kind of potential calamity by paying a little less for investments than they otherwise would.

With the original descendants of the rugged settlers now as entrenched in the Pacific Northwest as the red flannel shirt, Seattle has developed a rich and diverse multi-cultural mix, overcoming boom and bust, fires, earthquakes, and other calamities which have hit the city regularly during its 160 years.

Led by Princess Zelda with the Champion hero chosen by the sword that seals the darkness at her side, the other four Champions were tasked with piloting the Divine Beasts and providing back - up as Link and Zelda face the Calamity head - on in an attempted to seal it away.

Zelda is the one who has prevented Hyrule from falling to the dark force that threatens it, and Link's requirement to «save» her seems to reflect more the general lack of faith in Zelda sustaining her power that these various characters have, since as the only one capable of holding Calamity Ganon at bay — and, ultimately, defeating it, after Link manages to undermine its power — this is the story of Zelda saving Hyrule with Link's help, and not the other way around.

I first saw the phrase «dread to risk ratio» the other day in an essay on the nuclear calamity in Japan by Robert Socolow, a Princeton University physicist focused on energy and climate.

Depending on their level of resilience, low - tech networks can remain in operation when the supply of fossil fuels is interrupted, when the electricity infrastructure deteriorates, when the economy grinds to a halt, or if other calamities should hit.

Extreme weather and other natural calamities do not have to claim tens of thousands of lives and millions in damages.

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* Cancellation or postponement of the wedding ceremony due to fire, natural calamities like flood and inundation earthquake etc, riot and strike non appearance of bride, groom and other family members or the named person due to accidental death, personal injury either temporary or permanent and illness resulting in hospitalisation.

Since there will be so many people flying, you may want to get a policy to protect you in the event of lost luggage or some other calamity.

It would also provide coverage if you have to cancel the trip due to sickness, a death in the family or other calamity listed in the policy.

On the other hand, you don't want to skimp on insurance and risk losing your nest egg in a calamity.

However, raising your deductible is only a good move if you have cash stashed away to pay the higher deductible in case of a crash or other calamity.

If you are located in a place which is more disaster prone or faces natural calamities like earthquakes, tsunami, hurricane very often, you would be paying a higher premium as the likelihood of you getting affected with it are higher than people living in other locations.

Collision coverage covers damage to your car in case of an auto accident and comprehensive coverage is used when your car is damaged due to reasons that are not limited to on road collisions like in case of rain, other natural calamities etc..

This becomes a major problem when they are damaged, and especially if they are completely lost in a fire, flood, theft or other calamity.

At this point, you do not have the time to start over from scratch if you lose everything in a fire or other calamity.

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