Sentences with phrase «ravages on»

that holds the answers to the ravages on the environment.

AIDS ravages on, while characters still wrestle with their lives.

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It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

The ravages of older age take more of a toll on us all each year, with previously good friends now finding all of their time taken up by kids and family, a never - ending crush of career - related busy - ness, or just plain, simple laziness.

When this has gone on for a while, the «pull» of increasing production in the form of new jobs, greater availability of materials to meet basic needs and more money for investment will lift the bottom line of poverty above destitution and eliminate the worst ravages of hunger, disease and deprivation generally.

He will help them to get well if he can, and he thinks that on their part they should try: «Few people faced with a diagnosis of potentially remediable malignant disease should be willing to give up the struggle if there is any reasonable chance that some promising form of treatment is available to lessen the ravages of the disease or cure it.

Process thinkers share Hauerwas» concern to develop postmodern ways of thinking and living that provide an alternative to the ravages modernism has inflicted on our planet.

It may be a river that ravages the villages on its banks, a river for drowning and forgetting.

And do we pastors, who so frequently encounter the human ravages of alcohol, need to be lectured on the evils of drink in a lonely and desecrated world?

On the other hand, when we look at the merciless ravages of nature or at the bestiality, even of religiously educated man — especially as we have seen him in this century — it is impossible to maintain that creation is merely good.

And it's common to offer guys a «yes, but» in which they might come in in year X or might have to take another year in junior, depending on what ravages your roster sustains.

Powell is already good enough to command a fee amounting to several multiples of that deficit and now he is 18, will not be subject to the ravages of the Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP)-- so Crewe can breathe a sigh of relief on that count at least.

It is based on the understanding that the beauty of the rainbow does not negate the ravages of any storm.

I didn't want to go through PPD again and the ravages it took on my soul and marriage.

In some cases, the ravages of a difficult pregnancy take such a toll on a mother's body that she is unable to produce a sufficient milk supply.

Yet a deep hole discovered on the moon could one day be the entrance to a subsurface base that would keep colonists safe from the ravages of space.

On the bright side, some people appear to overcome the ravages of a rotting brain by recruiting new brain systems or structures to take over functions of old ones.

In a scene worthy of Bambi, a coyote makes itself scarce just a few hours before fire ravages this dry creek bed on El Toro Marine Base between Los Angeles and San Diego.

We all know that there are people who are youthful folks in their seventies, eighties, and even beyond, physically and mentally, and people who we feel are prematurely old, either from disease or just because the ravages of time have worked more quickly on them.

SALAMANDERS BEWARE Skin lesions on the face of a fire salamander show the ravages of a chytrid fungus species discovered last year, now suspected of escaping from Asia.

While countless scientific reports have documented the ravages of climate change on oceanic life, a survey of the researchers who wrote them provides a silver lining: An overwhelming majority noticed examples of sea life withstanding climate change.

«Let's be frank: Neither of us profits from a growing dependence on foreign oil, nor can we spare our people from the ravages of climate change unless we cooperate,» Obama said.

In early October, the Singularity Summit took place on Manhattan's Upper East Side, a conference that highlighted the prospects for abolishing the ravages of aging and disease.

A new paper published Wednesday by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Nobel Prize - winning Susumu Tonegawa provides the first strong evidence of this possibility and raises the hope of future treatments that could reverse some of the ravages of the disease on memory.

Thanks to the protection provided by vaccines, parents haven't seen the ravages that can be wrought on children by diseases like chicken pox, measles, meningitis and polio, said Dr. Claire McCarthy, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

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To my mind, this is lot like a reformed alcoholic pushing abstinence on the entire population, even though most people seem to be able to take a drink or two and not fall prey to the ravages of demon rum.

Specifically designed to protect the active man's rugged features from the harmful effects of the sun, Stoüt is also an advanced moisturizer that hydrates and soothes your skin, and uses powerful natural antioxidant - rich ingredients like Evening Primrose and Jojoba oils to reduce the ravages of time and pollution on your most important asset.

After a lethal virus ravages and wipes out much of Tokyo, city officials administer the construction of a wall around the city and place severe restrictions on the lives of residents.

Joel Edgerton and Carmen Ejogo star as a couple holed up in a remote cabin as an unnamed disease ravages the world outside, with Kelvin Harrison, Jr. as their 17 - year old son, whose nightmares serve as the audience's portal to the horror closing in on their family.

Bitter Harvest, in theaters on February 24, is a powerful story of love, honor, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin's genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s.

From there, we're armed with the hope that Jarhead is going to be a Catch - 22 about the ravages of war on those who are no longer, or have never, fought it.

This downbeat docudrama about the ravages of the crisis on a remote rural community is impressive for the dignified and unpretentious distance it assumes in respect to its characters.

Leonardo DiCaprio serves as the film's narrator and central figure as he explores the ravages of global warming on the planet, and the apocalyptic state we will be living in if action isn't taken immediately.

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.

It considers the psychology of the people who drive the conflict that ravages those terrorized towns on the border and questions the nature of U.S. involvement.

After a global food crisis ravages the Midwest, Cooper (McConaughey), an engineer / pilot / father of two, turns his focus on farming until an old mentor (Michael Caine) recruits him to join a hush - hush space mission.

Otherwise, there's little else to wary of here — the ravages of time have been remarkably kind to the 370's shape, particularly with this NISMO model's new styling enhancements, and though some new competitors have come to market since the current generation debuted in 2009, this car still occupies a fairly vacant space on the sporting car spectrum — that of a naturally - aspirated, rear wheel drive two - seater with more firepower than the FR - S / BRZ twins — and a price that starts just north of thirty grand.

Booklist (starred review) This character - driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed... on cultural heritage.

This meditation on biodiversity passionately details species loss caused by the ravages of human activity and offers hope for preserving the richness of life on earth.

From the book jacket: Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday.

A great famine immediately followed these signs, and a little after that in the same year, on the eighth of June, the ravages of heathen men miserably destroyed God's church on Lindisfarne.»

The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking made numerous «best of» lists in 2014 with its gimlet - eyed portrayal of the ravages of alcohol on the careers of otherwise distinguished writerOn Writers and Drinking made numerous «best of» lists in 2014 with its gimlet - eyed portrayal of the ravages of alcohol on the careers of otherwise distinguished writeron the careers of otherwise distinguished writers.

The ravages of age are taking their toll on Marina, an elderly Russian woman.

One of the most talked about books of the year... Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday.

This is a combination of murder mystery and a psychological examination of declining memory due to the ravages of Alzheimer's and its effects on the patient and those around her.

His father was a war hero, but it will be twenty - one tumultuous years before Harry discovers the truth about how his father really died and if, in fact, he even was his father.Only Time Will Tell takes a cast of memorable characters from the ravages of the Great War to the outbreak of the Second World War, when Harry must decide whether to take his place at Oxford, or join the fight against Hitler's Germany.In Jeffrey Archer's masterful hands, you will be taken on a journey that you won't want to end...

The inlet here has a small beach which is protected from the ravages of the ocean and on certain days with fine weather this is a great place for a swim.

Taking place weeks after a devastating pandemic ravages New York on Black Friday, The Division has players team up with one another to survive against other dangerous citizens, while collecting large amounts of loot along the way.