Sentences with phrase «people from catastrophe»

Not exact matches

It was a coming historical catastrophe, probably not yet inevitable, which would result from the combination of Rome's imperial needs and insensitivity with the cultural direction of his own people.

But the one thing I will never understand is why some people refuse to believe this, it seems to me as if most people on this site may genuinely have «Stockholm syndrome», because the fact that you say «in Arsene we trust» despite the fact that the last 6 six seasons (I'm talking about the premier league only) have been a complete and utter catastrophe and in which he has done nothing but; completely ignore fans frustrations; fail to address squad needs on numerous occasions; ignored the advice from other footballing experts, and yet you still want him in a job.

The fairly shambolic nature of the response from the west, and the international community as a whole (and the fact that though shamefully belated it managed to avert the imminent catastrophe in Benghazi) shows that we have learnt little or nothing from Bosnia, Kossovo, Kurdistan, where intervention helped, still less from the many other areas where nothing effective was done, and we essentially abandoned people to their fate.

For Palestinians, Tuesday marks the anniversary of «naqba,» or catastrophe, when hundreds of thousands of people fled or were forced from their homes during the war surrounding Israel's founding.

«Today, not only are more people in harm's way than there were 50 years ago, but building in flood plains, earthquake zones and other high - risk areas has increased the likelihood that a routine natural hazard will become a major catastrophe,» warns a 2015 report from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), which maintains an international disaster database.

And in the 20th century the American Dust Bowl, an ecological catastrophe precipitated by drought and compounded by bad land - management policies, displaced 3.5 million people from the Midwest.

Nostalgia Director Mark Pellington tries to create a sense of loss and mystery, with this rambling story of various people suffering from grief or catastrophe, but while the attempt is occasionally effective, the story becomes grim and lugubrious.

The Big Short examines the 2008 economic collapse, and how it was spurred by predatory financial institutions taking advantage of people's hopes and dreams of succeeding in America, from the point of view of the banks that caused the catastrophe; The Florida Project shows us the swampy, brightly - colored, half - decayed Florida landscape briefly glimpsed in The Big Short, and centers on the very people who are struggling the most financially as a result of the greed of others and the desire to achieve the vaunted American Dream.

People still reeling from catastrophe were being hit again, this time with economic «shock treatment,» losing their land and homes to rapid - fire corporate makeovers.

«this first person survival story unfolds from inside a «walking coffin» — a half - ton, high - tech deep - sea dive suit — following an industrial catastrophe.

Anywhere from 500,000 to a million people died in that catastrophe.

How can we grapple with China's 62 - 64 domino dam catastrophe from the 1975 failures of Banqiao and Shimantan Dams, and comprehend how policy decisions killed 170,000 to 230,000 people?

«I find it very convenient that the politicians who would seize power from the people and heavily regulate businesses on the threat of ill - defined climate catastrophe are usually the ones who wanted to control everything anyway,» DeMint told a large breakfasting crowd at the Washington Court Hotel Thursday.

The eyes of the world will be on Alaska, as the United States hands over chairmanship of the Arctic Council to Finland on May 11th, and many Alaska Native people want to make certain their voice is heard loud and clear: We must transition away from a fossil fuel economy that is threatening climate catastrophe across the world.

Contemporary politics (ie, politicians) can not cope with accountability, and so defers sovereignty away from «the people» (to whom they are accountable) to a higher agency, such that it can be made «necessary» to meet «international obligations» (and to avert catastrophe) before meeting demands «from below».

It allows for the structure to serve as a landmark, visible from large distances helping guide people affected by catastrophe straight to the relief center.

By all means let's put in place anything effective to reduce CO2 emissions... but if we don't learn from the past, and if keep pumping up ideas of future catastrophes, as in the biofuel case the environment will be worse for it, people will suffer for nothing and the usual suspects will get rich.

For example, people hold onto the myth that disability is a low - probability catastrophe from a high - risk activity, like getting paralyzed in a skiing accident.