Sentences with phrase «rife with»

With no responsibilities and few recreational opportunities in their neighborhoods, the youths felt a pervasive need for stimulation, and they satiated their boredom with parties that were rife with sex, drugs and alcohol; violent clashes with rival groups; and crimes such as stealing and crashing cars into vehicles driven by rivals.

Among the biggest obstacles to our knowledge is the disk of the galaxy itself, particularly its center, which is thick with starlight - absorbing dust and rife with energetic astrophysical outbursts that can ruin delicate observations.

THE MONTREAL apartment where I live is rife with evildoers — well, to be precise, there is at least one.

The academic environment is also known to be rife with plagiarism, cheating on examinations and other elements of corruption.

The first agricultural settlements probably attracted wildcats because they were rife with rodents.

«As with many natural resources the world depends upon, sand is a perfect example of transactions that seem simple, but in reality, are deeply complex and rife with inequity and risk,» said co-author Jianguo «Jack» Liu, Michigan State University's Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability and director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability.

Compounding that, the scientific enterprise is rife with high expectations and intense competition for promotions, tenure, space, and funding.

When a workplace is rife with communication problems, overlapping responsibilities, resource and time constraints, and a lack of focus, best friends may use their relationship to commiserate with each other and further disengage from the job at hand.

US Attorney Bharara also challenged other New York politicians to «step up to the plate» to fight what he says is the pervasive culture of corruption rife with «dirty politicians».

UFT Assistant Secretary LeRoy Barr, in introducing the resolution, noted that the UFT supports the Common Core Learning Standards but that its implementation in New York City has been rife with problems.

For Hevesi, who was handcuffed after the sentence was pronounced, the chapter concluded a twofold downfall that stands out as a symbol of scandal even in a state that's rife with it.

The borough GOP has been rife with power struggles for years, with a southern faction buoyed with support from Turner, Ognibene and City Councilman Eric Ulrich (R - Ozone Park) and a northern faction lining up behind Ragusa and Hornak.

Molinaro held an event in his home county and one in Albany promising to cleanup a state Capitol rife with corruption scandals, including the recent conviction on three federal charges of a top aide to Gov. Cuomo.

«For $ 1.7 billion each year, our shelter system should not be rife with violations and substandard living conditions.

If mayoral control is not renewed at all, de Blasio said oversight would revert back to the 32 school boards that controlled schools 15 years ago, a system Hizzoner described as rife with «chaos,» «corruption» and «patronage.»

Several lawyers said, too, that the document is rife with strident language that rarely appears in such legal briefs.

The directive comes on the heels of an investigation by state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who alleges the process was rife with fraud, including the fraudulent use of 2 million Americans» identities during the FCC's public comment period.

«The distance between the New York City of the past, which really was rife with corruption, and today's New York City» is «night and day.»

Writing in the Independent, the Ukip leader says Labour's dominance of northern England «has resulted in the emergence of a postal vote system rife with fraud and intimidation».

The entire process has been rife with dysfunction and clearly demonstrates the system is broken.

The local Democratic Party, rife with Mr. Silver's old allies (including his ex-chief of staff Judy Rapfogel, wife of confessed embezzler William Rapfogel), picked longtime district leader Alice Cancel to take over the vanquished speaker's seat.

«For too long, the Department of Correction has been rife with the mismanagement and mistreatment of inmates, and the Council's oversight has only served to further shed light on the deep - seated issues plaguing the D.O.C.,» she said.

The selection is set to be a fierce battle between Momentum activists, trade unionists and Labour centrists, who control the local party's executive, though Lewisham Momentum is currently rife with internal divisions.

Lewisham Momentum is currently rife with internal divisions.

The environment that has been forged around the Buffalo Public Schools is stifling, mean - spirited rife with in - fighting and devoid of innovation.

The primary was rife with allegations of racism and dirty politics.

He recalled his time working alongside Mr. Cuomo at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which was rife with corruption.

City lawyers last week asked Judge Shira Scheindlin to hold off on implementing the reforms she ordered to the NYPD's stop - and - frisk policy, warning that that the restrictions could lead to a huge spike in crime and saying her ruling against stop - and - frisk was «rife with errors of law.»

The last three are rife with risk, mostly to the city and, by extension, the 20 towns.

New York's extensive system of Industrial Development Agencies and Local Development Corporations is rife with overlapping boundaries and a lack of transparency that is crying for an overhaul, according to a study to be released today by the Citizens Budget Commission spending watchdog group.

Continuing with your rather odd digression (and worrying failure to grasp the point), but happy to move onto something more light - hearted, the terminology of the British Isles outside of international rugby, that is what they are still called is (quaintly and elegantly, in my opinion) rife with curiosities arising from our colourful history.

It's rife with actual conflicts of interest, inadvertent conflicts, and even more appearances of conflicts of interest.

In addition to the allegations by Burks, the suit contends that the maximum - security prison, where 50 percent of the inmates are black and not one of nearly 1,000 officers are black, is rife with inappropriate behavior by staff.

New York became the epicenter of the national debate in a fast - moving week rife with broadsides and apocalyptic overtones.

Many homeless people complain the city's shelters are not safe and the area is rife with crime and sexual assaults.

Steven Stites, a Storobin spokesman, said Felder was trying to blow up an innocent mistake because his own petitions are «rife with fraud,» a claim Storobin's campaign has not made in court.

Supporters say it's a once - in - a-generation chance to fix a state government rife with corruption and with restrictions on voting access.

We currently have one elected house rife with cronyism, dishonesty and second - rate corruption; do we want another?

But Westminster is rife with speculation the maverick MP could quit the party and stand for Ukip at the next General Election.

Opponents warn the convention itself would be rife with corruption, potentially stripping away hallowed protections of the environment, labor and reproductive rights.

New York City's pension system, which encompasses $ 160 billion in retirement funds, is rife with problems that leave it vulnerable to an «operational failure,» according to an independent report commissioned by the city comptroller's office.

This fact has bolstered theories that the commission is rife with corruption, but a report from the House of Lords» EU committee today says there is no evidence to support this.

A top staffer on Megyn Kelly's show has been fired after claiming there is a «toxic and demeaning» environment on set, rife with bullying and «abusive treatment,» even though Kelly herself has made combatting abuse a personal crusade.

Now as Senate Republicans plan to look at whether the New York City system of public financing is rife with fraud in a public hearing, Klein plans a series of hearings himself with the hope of demonstrating just the opposite.

It's a place often rife with conflict.

The government program seems rife with waste and fraud, suggests Faso.

A state investigation of Brian Gestring, a senior official with the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, found that he had created an environment «rife with incidents of sexual harassment, ageism, racism, and threats of retaliation and physical violence.»

«This is the only effective way to reform education, and the alternative is to go back to a system that was rife with corruption,» Mr. de Blasio said.

The state budget season in Albany is often rife with bills that get passed by one house of the Legislature and not the other.

Last December, the state inspector general, Catherine Leahy Scott, wrote a letter informing the criminal justice agency's deputy commissioner that the official, Brian J. Gestring, had created an environment «rife with incidents of sexual harassment, ageism, racism, and threats of retaliation and physical violence.»