Sentences with phrase «ravages homes»

And the highly elite driven system humankind is under isn't intending to change anything any time soon and when pressure falls on the basic necessities and the weather ravages homes and crops, more wars and migrants are inevitable.

As violence ravages their home and life savings disappear, many Syrian refugees are getting a taste of the home with the U.N. World Food Program's (WFP) voucher - based food aid.

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My sense is that he saw in this decision an opportunity to nurture a home and a community that would be, in some way, both a rejection of the ravages of war and a faithful witness and grateful response to the gifts of God.

White knuckle past the point of bursting a blood vessel, the basic premise of Don't Breathe flips the home invasion formula on its head, decapitates it and ravages its lifeless corpse.

He does hit all the high notes — the ravages of poverty, the lessons of James Coleman, the further lessons of Richard Rothstein, even bringing in Joel Klein as the heartless reformer who thinks a student's home life is «irrelevant» — but ends up being completely off - key, forgetting that we now have dozens, if not hundreds, of schools that are succeeding in educating poor children.

From a half - Shawnee Indian's bold choice to escape an abusive home only to find herself with a man who will one day try to kill her, to a brave young girl's determination to protect her younger sister as methamphetamine ravages their family, the characters in this remarkable novel have deep connections to the land, and a resilience that only the place they call home could create.

When asked how they obtain their much praised insight into what the ravages of war can do to the human mind, Charles replies that he has spent many wonderful hours listening to service people, their wives and widows, starting in high school when he worked in a retirement home hearing stories about WWI.

A magnificent love story, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded Confederate soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his pre-war sweetheart.

The boffins will be pleased to know that the books are kept in a constant temperature of 18.5 degrees Celsius, with an ideal humidity level; fire safety precautions are state of art, and for many of the books that will end up in Swindon, they will be housed in far better conditions, and be far more likely to survive the ravages of time, in their new home.

Storm doors and windows also protect your home against the ravages of snow and ice by keeping moisture outside where it belongs.

These are key steps home owners should consider to protect their property from the ravages of water.