Sentences with phrase «severe setback»

See the debates about how emissions reductions might cause severe setbacks for development and also the small but growing literature on «maladaption».

In fact there are likely to be severe setbacks in the total numbers or area of protected areas in many tropical countries, therefore decentralising conservation policies to communities and local stakeholders can be powerful and effective.

The Democrats have suffered severe setbacks over the past eight years under chairs who held elected office, most recently the controversial Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman - Schultz.

Bad encounters with bullying, overexuberant, or communication - deficient dogs at dog parks can cause severe setbacks for the pet dog, whether it is your dog doing the bullying or the one being victimized.

But retirees are typically interested in protecting their nest egg from severe setbacks, which means scaling back on stocks and keeping more of their savings in bonds (plus a cash reserve equal to, say, one to two years worth of expenses beyond what Social Security and any pensions will cover).

But you can at least estimate the potential hit based on how your portfolio would have fared in past severe setbacks.

To make a long story short, when development on Shigesato Itoi's «MOTHER 2» ran into severe setbacks, it was Satoru Iwata of HAL Labs who showed up to save the day.

That's largely because increasing stock exposure can be a double - edged sword, helping you when the market is doing well but penalizing much more than more conservative allocations when markets suffer severe setbacks.

Electrical or other power failures to businesses that serve or warehouse food, for example, may cause severe setbacks or closures and loss.

Although the experiment in ambitious policy has seemed without limit, there was a severe setback in 2009.

Despite that severe setback, Flaherty kept trying to coax provinces to come onside voluntarily — that's the «co-operative scheme» Hyndman mentions.

One little - remarked dimension of the troubles is that they represent a severe setback for those who have argued that the Church in America should have more authority to govern itself in greater independence from Rome.

The government has a majority of 63 and the result is a severe setback for Brown because it suggests that Labour discipline is breaking down.

► In Science, Dennis Normile wrote about the impact of the sinking of the Taiwanese research vessel Ocean Research V, «less than 2 years after its maiden scientific cruise,» on Taiwanese science, calling it «a severe setback for Taiwanese oceanography and related fields.»

The year 2006 — the 10th anniversary of Dolly the sheep's birth — began with a severe setback for stem cells» boosters.

The sinking of Ocean Researcher V less than 2 years after its maiden scientific cruise and the loss of two scientists are a severe setback for Taiwanese oceanography and related fields.

Japan's whaling program suffered a severe setback on 31 March 2014 when The Hague - based International Court of Justice (ICJ) found the lethal sampling was not justified «for purposes of scientific research.»

This sort of adjustment is especially important if you're nearing retirement or have already retired, as a severe setback can seriously disrupt your retirement plans.

As a result of these discontinued relationships, American Express's stock has taken a hit over the last week with most experts seeing these changes as a severe setback for the credit card issuer.

Shortly after the botched sale, Intex's CEO resigned due to «severe setbacks.»

«Several improvements were made, but it is unfortunate that important progress on grid - scale renewables was paired in S.B. 9 with a severe setback on distributed solar.»

Ordinarily, losing almost all of one's instruments would be considered a severe setback to any scientist.

This can be a costly revelation and a severe setback if you are not prepared.

It has a poor battery because of that 1440p display, which is a severe setback, considering that if you gave up your Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 for a Nexus 6, you probably want to use it for the combined use times.