Sentences with phrase «risk of recounts»

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Moore recounts the time a second lieutenant pointed out during one exercise - planning session that the plan Moore had picked would subject a covert landing party to a high risk of discovery.

Wings based on humpback flippers could do away with wing flaps and flow - control devices, minimizing risk of mechanical failure and increasing fuel space, the researchers recount in the May issue of Physics of Fluids.

Niki Caro's The Zookeeper's Wife recounts the efforts of Antonina Żabiński and her husband, Jan, who risked their lives during World War II to harbor Jewish refugees in the basement of their zoo during the Nazi occupation of Warsaw.

Filled with voiceover, direct address to the camera, and occasional freeze - frames on its most dramatic moments, I, Tonya frequently risks that kind of over-explanation as it recounts one of the most famous tabloid stories of the 90s, a saga that has been explained to death over the past two decades.

Any professional who listens to children recount traumatic experiences is at risk of secondary traumatic stress, the emotional weight that some teachers carry after exposure to children who suffer.

In visceral descriptions, Lourie recounts the treacherous, backbreaking 500 - mile trek up mountains and down rivers, on which London and his fellow cheechakos (a Native term for newcomers who were ignorant of the terrain and culture) risked their lives to reach the gold rush town of Dawson before winter.

But as a «no - pain - no - gain» approach goes, on the flipside, Ardalan recounts «how exhilarating it was to take the risk and commission the first art work in 2006 — a marvelous film entitled No Snow on the Broken Bridge by revered Chinese artist, Yang Fudong, a really young artist at a time when the art world was enamoured with a totally different kind of contemporary Chinese art and painting.»

Some of the later books in the series (Shadow of the Hegemon etc) read pretty badly for this reason — Scott Card just isn't very good when he tries to explain international politics — it's like listening to someone recounting the ups and downs of a game of Risk the following morning.

My partner Nicole Auerbach, proud owner of a middle office, recounts the lessons learned when she voluntarily gave up her corner office, and also those from some other risks she's taken along the way.