Sentences with phrase «past year died»

Roughly half of all those infected with Ebola in west Africa during the past year died, but there are likely more than 13,000 survivors in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia, according to figures from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Not exact matches

So, while 25 % of new business don't make it past year one, only 10 % of the business that make it past year 5 will die off in the following year, and only 6 % in the 10th year.

Unlike humans, who are more likely to die in the following year as they age, businesses that survive past the first two years are less likely to die in each subsequent year.

More than one million people die from AIDS each year — an enormous number, but one that has decreased steadily throughout the past decade thanks in large part to anti-retroviral medicines that can slow its spread within the body.

For the past several years, it seemed as if publishers and brands were going to live and die by the hands of the platforms.

(By comparison, at least 1,800 people died in connection to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — the deadliest hurricane to hit US soil in the past 50 years.)

In this way, if I die five years past retirement and have exhausted 20 % of my assets using the (again, very rough) 4 % rule, the remaining 80 % automatically gets distributed to my beneficiaries.

But when David Halberstam (who, with Neil Sheehan, did more than anyone else to create the canonical narrative of Vietnam) died tragically this past year in an auto accident, not a single obituary notice I read suggested he had been terribly wrong about Tet or that his wrongheadedness had helped create a political situation that had had lethal consequences for millions.

Women whose husbands have died within the past year meet periodically to participate in discussions of their personal losses.

Our communion of saints is a more familiar crowd — those who died in our congregations in the past year our own parents and grandparents.

The DCMI has died down quite a bit over the past few years.

It also requires devotion to a person who died two thousand years ago in Jerusalem which is quite unlike any attitude we have towards great men and women of the past whom we admire.

«It has been widely supported for the past 10 years and rather than have disagreements over which religious leaders participate we would like to keep the focus of our commemoration ceremony on the family members of those who died.»

Forget all of the christian atrocities of the past 1,800 years, where millions and millions have died at the hands of christian fundamentalists.

I think that i remember 1 or 2 people dying from tornadoes in the past 5 years.

No one living today (or the past two thousand years — or so) has personally met any so - called deity, as described in the many religious tomes; nor has anyone living today any idea what lies beyond the grave — even those who claim otherwise; because, like any other living being today, no one has actually died and returned to describe their experiences, whether good or bad.

You know that I am descended from the most Christian emperors of the German nation, from the Catholic kings of Spain, the Archdukes of Austria and the dukes of Burgundy... After death they left us by natural right and heritage these holy Catholic observances, to live according to them and to die according to their example... I am determined to support everything that these predecessors and I myself have kept... It is certain that a single friar errs in his opinion which is against all of Christendom and according to which all of Christianity will be and will always have been in error both in the past thousand years and even more in the present... I am absolutely determined to stake on this cause my kingdoms and seignories, my friends, my body and blood, my life and soul.

I have been dying for tortillas for the past two years.

Harvey Posert Jr., the Man Behind Robert Mondavi's Message, Dies at 84: Harvey Posert Jr., a career professional in public relations who was one of the leading figures behind the scenes in California wine's success over the past 40 years, died early on Oct. 3 at St. Helena Hospital...

I've been cooking with almond flour for the past few years but unfortunately have developed a nut and egg sensitivity But I'm dying for some chocolate chip cookies or a good cookie recipe.

As restaurants paid tribute to the monumental musicians who died this past year, we couldn't help but notice what a wonderful soundtrack it made.

I believe any die hard arsenal fan could not argue that over the past few months if not years we have become very sidewards and backwards passing..

Most should be sold off or go I feel we gave build a great club on quick sand Over the past 10 years The old board sold us out and took the money and ran The new board just keep taking the money Problem is when aw does to leave or get pushed we still have people at the top who do nt seem to care for us Things and personnel are being put in place now but the damage is done I soooo fear from us as we are slipping from top 4 to top 7 I look at pool and feel a bit envious They were so far behind us a few seasons ago and now they seem a long wsy in front for now They willingly or unwillingly got a defender they needed and we got sweet fa Up the gooners We are arsenal till we die

We have had several home birth babies die in our community over the past year, and looking at the medical records it seems very unlikely that any of them would have died had they been born in a hospital.

Just another homebirth baby who was «fine» right up until it dropped nearly dead into the hands of the clueless midwife... just like the other 18 homebirth babies I have written about in the past 3 years who died in the same way.

To close, shareholders, as we think of these 150 years let us also remember the mistakes Nestlé has made in the past and the babies who died as a result.

Over the past three years, at least 180 babies died after getting trapped or suffocated while sleeping in the same beds as their parents, the CPSC says in a public awareness campaign launched earlier this month.

21 of the approximately 25 babies, who have died in baby carriers in the past 20 years, were carried in the cradle carry.

According the the Consumer Products Safety Commission, in the past 18 years, 14 babies have died in slings.

According to her, gains had been made in the past in the reduction of children who died before they were five years when the exclusive Breastfeeding Promotion Regulation (BPR) policy was introduced.

He claimed 200,000 people have died in the past three years of fighting between black African rebel groups on one side, and government forces and the Janjaweed Arab militia on the other.

More than 2.1 million people have already been displaced into camps and at least 200,000 have died in the past four years.

A 5 - year - old Brooklyn girl has become the fourth child in the city to die from the flu in the past two weeks, authorities said, as doctors urged parents to immunize their kids against the nasty outbreak.

Some of the governor's proposals require little or no state funding, like a set of ethics reforms that have, in past years, died in the Legislature.

During the past five years alone (2013 — 2017), 10 babies died in sleep conditions that were not safe and not recommended for infants.

Once you get past Barack Obama's «United States of America» speech in 2004, Pat Buchanan's thundering culture - wars declaration in 1992, Mario Cuomo's 1984 «Tale of Two Cities» masterpiece or Ted Kennedy's breathtaking «Dream Never Dies» manifesto in 1980, the only political players that have mattered at contrived conventions over the past 30 years have been the nominees themselves.

Six British soldiers have died in the past four weeks in clashes with the Taliban, prompting widespread concern that the deployment sent earlier this year was inadequate.

The bill, which now has 40 sponsors in the Senate — eight more than is needed - has died in the Senate the past two years.

The past year has been a tough one for King, with the criticism dying down only recently.

Most of the elements of Cuomo's proposal have been offered over the past 30 years, but have died in the face of local opposition.

The Colonie woman has advocated for the past few years for legislation dubbed «Laree's Law» in honor of her daughter who died in 2013 of an overdose.

The state Senate has passed legislation to legalize MMA the past five years, only to se it die in the Assembly.

As has been the case in the past, both Democrats and Republicans have substantial pockets of money unlikely to be spent on this year's campaigns, because the funds belong to former members who have since died or been indicted.

Three of the DOC settlements in the past fiscal year were for $ 1 million or more, all of them involving inmates who died while in custody on Rikers.

WGRZ - TV reports the body found in North Collins on Sunday had clothing that indicated the person had died sometime in the past 40 years.

But the legislation could die in the state Assembly, where every year for the past 15 years similar bills have died without being voted upon.

For the past 4 — 5 years trying to bring cost savings and rein in spending and keep taxes low we proposed ideas but they have died in executive session and on the cutting room floor.

The man who had kept ACT afloat for the past six years had died unexpectedly, aged 63.

Workers and firefighters who suffered acute radiation poisoning died there, and as you walk past their belongings, still in situ 29 years later, your Geiger counter crackles wildly.

After all, plenty of young walruses die each year on the sea ice, and Pacific walruses have come ashore on Russian beaches in past decades during their fall migrations.