Sentences with phrase «precarious state»

They examine, in two separate studies, the increasingly precarious state of some of the ice shelf.

Although complications from the disease had brought him to a very precarious state of health, he made steady improvement the moment all sources of gluten were banned from his diet and nutrient - dense foods — including plenty of gelatin - rich broth — were introduced instead.

Nigeria is in a very precarious state now because acts inimical to the security and wellbeing of the country are being condoned.

Shortages of food and water could tip the balance in Afghanistan, Iraq and other politically precarious states

With an anti-Common Core governor - elect and an anti-Common Core state chief, Arizona is probably the most precarious state, but we should expect another round of bruising legislative fights this spring all over red America, particularly in states with emboldened Republican legislatures.

This recent body of work investigates the radical politics of our age and the coinciding precarious state of our natural environment.

During my internship I regularly operated the digital textile printer to print orders for the company's clients, as well as using the opportunity to print the works for my solo show Precarious State of Mind, which looked into the effects of post-Fordism.

According to Dr. Chambas, the request by 200 Ghanaians for asylum in Brazil though «unfounded, frivolous and regrettable,» was an indication of the «precarious state of the national economy at the...

This leaves representative bodies in a very precarious state and further erodes representative bodies» independence from the Commonwealth government.

The precarious state of the global economy doesn't just have investors on edge.

Just like an individual whose debt far outweighs his or her assets, a company with a high debt - to - equity ratio is in a precarious state.

The demands constantly being made upon us in business and family life, the world scene, and the precarious state in which we all dwell compel thoughtful people to consider the nature and destiny of man.

Jacob is the perfect metaphor for this precarious state - blessed, yes, but halt from then on.

A second reason for coming to terms with belief in the afterlife stems from the precarious state of human life upon this planet.

Mahoney was satisfied that popular opinion was running strongly against Nkrumah and the economy of the country was in a precarious state, and was convinced that the coup d'etat, being planned by Acting Police Commissioner Harlley and Generals Otu and Ankrah, would take place.

«Sequestration measures will not only dissipate the modest gains we achieved, but will leave the Army in a hollow and precarious state.»

A report by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli found many municipalities in a precarious state, with more than 300 running a deficit and over 100 having cash flow problems.

«I am aware of the state of morale, and the precarious state of our labor force.»

Given the precarious state of Ghana's natural resources like vegetation and water bodies, Mr. Mensah - Bonsu said that taking lives to protect the environment is justified by the constitution.

Given the precarious state of Ghana's natural resources like vegetation and water bodies, Mr. Mensah - Bonsu believes that taking lives to protect the environment is justified by the constitution.

With almost daily reminders of the precarious state of our national economy and renewed questions regarding the prospects for a «double dip» recession, everyone seems to be afraid to spend money on anything other than the essentials.

This perfectly secure future can't arrive quickly enough, as present - day cryptographic systems are in a precarious state.

Four Fish by Paul Greenberg (Penguin Press) Salmon, bass, cod, and tuna — through this troubled quartet of dinner - table mainstays, journalist Greenberg skillfully tells the tale of how the world's fisheries got to be in such a precarious state.

The precarious state of those mammals is underscored in a multinational study led by a University of Washington scientist, published this week in Conservation Biology, assessing the status of all circumpolar species and subpopulations of Arctic marine mammals, including seals, whales and polar bears.

NIH Director Francis Collins worried that hESC research «has been thrust into a precarious state» and warned that some scientists may abandon their hESC work or move overseas to continue it.

Olson says the Chicago water supply is not in a precarious state and the canal system which reverses the river's flow has not failed in over 100 years.

The danger that is clear and present remains what Briggs has called «the precarious state of thousands of populations that are the remnants of once widespread and productive species».

It is widely documented that the nature of humanity's impact on Earth has reduced many wildlife populations to a precarious state and caused some complete extinctions.

Aquaculture is an important potential source of food given the space constraints and environmental impact of terrestrial agriculture and the precarious state of the world's wild fisheries.

A TV executive (Kate Jackson) is shocked to discover that her husband is having an affair with a male novelist (Harry Hamlin), who comes on to him but then leaves him, just as quickly, with his marriage in a precarious state.

She compensates for her precarious state by being overly independent.

Given the precarious state of race relations, the late visionary's prescient insights perhaps prove more timely, posthumously, than in their own day.

Natalie and Liz have their problems, with the former finding herself in a precarious state after an affair and the latter dealing with raising two children on her own while her husband plays with a younger woman.

Add on top the precarious state of the economy, and many banks won't approve loans to charter schools.

At a time when the economy is in such a precarious state, it is essential we stand together to move things forward, but when populations are purposely excluded, it creates inequity and divisiveness.

By turns «grizzly» («What It Feels Like to Be Attacked by a Bear»), devilish («What It Feels Like to Undergo an Exorcism»), and debauched («What It Feels Like to Participate in an Orgy»), this slim volume of the vicarious renders the heights and depths of human experience, bringing readers up close and personal with a plethora of precarious states.

Mendelsohn has written an allegory about the precarious state of the American teenager in a culture that sucks the life force out of its young, who are nurtured by movies and fantasy and narcissism rather than by values such as honesty or love.

Consequently, a box - in - the - garage technique will have a tortoise in the precarious state of bouncing back and forth between a pre-brumation lethargy and post-brumation activity.

It is hard to begrudge a museum agreeing to show what is undeniably a masterpiece — the painting is drawing crowds, and hopefully minting more than a few new Basquiat fans — and one never wants to sound churlish, but it has to be said that such temporary shows of the wealthy's latest purchases feel depressingly of the moment, at once a sign of today's vicious income inequality and the precarious state of many publicly funded institutions.

Becoming is a precarious state.

(noun) the ~ (course) of life, hang by a ~, be in a precarious state, 4.

What the portrait shows is the trick of keeping one's balance as the new life takes over, leaving barely any breathing room, of trying to sit tight in this precarious state.

In each work, images enter into a precarious state; Barroca unravels, reassembles, dislocates, and obscures his images in ways that trace their movements, mutations, and transformations across historical and cultural bounds.

Let's say your company is in a precarious state.

As the title of the exhibition suggests Jones is not unaffected by being alive in one of the most turbulent periods in European and Middle Eastern history and the precarious state of the world today.

Nearly 20 artists came together to create a Gesamtkunstwerk installation addressing the precarious state of Europe.