Sentences with phrase «significant attack by»

A minor, but significant attack by a cybermob with Twitchforks happened recently at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference.

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Reports indicated that a significant number of people, including children, had been killed by these attacks.

Another significant development was the announcement by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority that it would start to dispose of shares it had purchased to support the market when it came under an intense speculative attack in August 1998.

Many American Muslims feel singled out by government anti-terror policies; significant minorities have been called names or had their mosques attacked; and most say it's harder to be a Muslim in the United States now than it was before September 11, 2001.

He was one of the most prominent academic defenders in Germany of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, the 1999 agreement on the doctrine of justification between the Catholic Church and the churches of the Lutheran World Federation that was violently attacked by a significant portion of his colleagues.

«The triumphalist view is increasingly under attack in Christendom, and is disavowed by significant numbers of Christian clerics.

The location is significant: suicide bombers attacked Sunday church services in Lahore earlier this year, provoking an unusually violent reaction by the Christian minority.

However the European champions are looking to revamp their attack this summer by signing Neymar from Paris Saint - Germain and would need to carry out «significant sales» in order to get their wish.

The most significant difference between the academy's execution of the 3 -4-3 shape compared to the first team's is the impact made by the wing - backs in attacking situations.

It seems to me that even if only 1 - 2 % of women legitimately can not breastfeed, not to mention many more with low supply, pain, infection, prohibitive work responsibilities etc., there are a significant number of us who are being emotionally attacked by «lactivism.»

After the bombs on the Paris Metro and a TGV line in 1995, there were no significant Islamist attacks until the fire - bombing of the Charlie Hebdo office in November 2011, and the killings of three French soldiers (all of North African origin) and three Jewish children (and one teacher) by Mohamed Merah in Toulouse four months later.

In Capitol terms, what this meant was that any meaningful action by Paterson and the legislature to address the problem would pit them against unions with the means both to guarantee lawmakers easy re-election and to underwrite significant ad campaigns attacking them.

«One of the most significant aspects of the operation was the recovery of Nigerian Army Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) earlier captured by the terrorists during an attack on Buni Yadi on 9th July 2015.

The Senate President said, «Yesterday's savage attack on unsuspecting citizens and establishments in Offa Local Government Area, that led to significant loss of lives and injury, is a despicable act committed by cruel individuals.

«A U.S. strike on Iran would be costly, causing significant loss of American life, likely lead to attacks and loss of life in Israel, yet would only postpone Iran's nuclear weapons development by a few years,» her office wrote.

Universities in particular, with their significant scientific potential, are ideally placed to ensure a sophisticated discussion about the questions raised by the terrorist attacks.

We get heavily hyped drugs like Avastin, which shrank tumors without adding significant time to cancer patients» lives (and increased the incidence of heart failure and blood clots to boot); Avandia, which lowered blood sugar in diabetics but raised the average risk of heart attack by 43 percent; torcetrapib, which raised both good cholesterol and death rates; and Flurizan, which reduced brain plaque but failed to slow the cognitive ravages of Alzheimer's disease before trials were finally halted in 2008.

By preventing significant damage and inflammation of the appendix during a bacterial attack, ILCs safeguard the organ and help it to perform an important function in the body, as a natural reservoir for «good» bacteria.

The joint CIA — Saudi intelligence operation to stop this latest attack, orchestrated by Yemen - based Sunni terrorist group al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), coincides with several other significant terrorism - related developments of the past week.

However, an analysis of how they are portrayed in the Star Trek series illustrates a significant shift in the cause from general medical to traumatological, i.e. death caused by severe physical injury, injury caused by «energy weapons» and poisoning, rather than by heart attacks or cardiac arrhythmias, which are the most common causes of present - day cardiac arrests.

As explained by cardiologist Dr. Alfred Bove, a STEMI heart attack is characterized by certain readings on an electrocardiogram, and «is usually associated with pretty significant damage to the heart muscle.»

«Significant studies have shown that eating nuts, seeds or nut paste five times a week or more lowers the risk of heart attack by 50 per cent, which should be a big motivating factor to include them in your diet.»

Despite the modest reduction in blood pressure, it could be significant as even a 2 mmHg diastolic blood pressure decrease has the potential to reduce coronary heart disease risk by 6 % and transient ischaemic attack and stroke risk by 15 %.

A significant chunk of this is caused by your body attacking unhealthy substances in the foods you eat or the nutrition you get from them.

Your immune system requires a steady stream of threats to keep it on the attack mode, so you should be able to see very quick and significant changes by removing them.

But by extending the action - packed conclusion for several minutes and seemingly tying it into world of Cloverfield, in which aliens are real and really are attacking us, 10 Cloverfield Lane devolves into a mere franchise tie - in when it could have easily operated instead as a significant artistic achievement in its own right.

His verbal attacks on teachers and the teacher union were not matched by any significant attempts to address problems with teacher quality.

The interesting thing is to see that a.) None provide any credentials proving their methods are better; b.) they don't like the tone of the article — then again, a lot of people, when all they do is talk among those who only agree with them get offended when they run across someone that isn't in lock step with them; c.) they try to attack me personally, as a «hater», which is totally unfair and judgmental about someone whom they have never met; d.) can't point to any specific dogs with significant accomplishments that have been clicker trained — hunting, police, obedience, tracking, etc... and just finding a specimen or two isn't very convincing evidence... get enough dogs and sometimes you'll find the genius dog that almost trains itself; e.) there is no point by point refutation of what I've said, supported by third party evidence.

Phuket History The most significant event in the history of Phuket was the attack by the Burmese in 1785 after king Taksin had fought them back.

Some of the decisions you've made previously impact the story in fairly significant ways, sometimes removing options from you entirely, whilst other decisions you've made are almost ignored by Bioware, presumably because they looked back at their games and had a panic attack when they realised how hard it would be to finish telling the story they want to of every single one of your choices changed the landscape of the tale.

Starting small, and beginning by working with indie developers as a marketing consultant at first, Surprise Attack quickly became a significant player in the Australian independent development scene and worked with more than 100 indie studios over the next couple of years, learning a lot about indie games, indie developers and how to work with them.

The graphics are colorful featuring pastel shading similar to a number of high - profile GBA titles; the colors are fairly dramatic and high - contrast, particularly because some levels have significant pallete changes as well — near the end of the second stage of the game, a forest level, the lights go out, leaving the level very dark (they can be turned on again by attacking certain phosphorescent trees).

Although Lawson and his Global Warming Policy Foundation have been discredited and attacked by numerous scientists and senior politicians, his thinktank continues to receive significant coverage, wrongfully distorting the public and policy debate over climate change.

In one email to his cohort of lobbyists, Seitz endorsed a report attacking the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan by the Institute for Energy Research, which received significant funding from the Koch network in 2015.

But they can not fault his statements in any significant manner, so they attack him with the intent that by discrediting him they will induce people to ignore what he says.

Moore Blatch helped a man achieve a significant award following an attack by Somali pirates.

Therefore when certain aggravating circumstances exist the maximum prison term for certain offences is raised to at least 5 years, for example when botnets (a network of infected computers which can be controlled remotely) are used by a criminal organization or when attacks are launched on a significant number of information systems.

The diplomatic agreement reached by nations on November 15 to begin addressing concerns about fully autonomous weapons or «killer robots» was the most significant milestone to date for the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots, which is working to ensure that targeting and attack decisions are never relinquished to machines.

It tracks significant developments in government policy and practice as well as activities aimed at addressing the challenges raised by weapons that could select and attack targets without meaningful human control.

The most significant influence would be the introduction of Skills performed by human characters — characters routinely perform extraordinary feats that go beyond the scope of the generic attack battle command seen in the series up until IV.

United States Secret Service Technical Security Division (Washington, D.C.) 09/1999 — 06/2008 Physical Security Specialist • Conduct vulnerability and security assessments for the President and Vice President's local, national, and international travel • Oversee assessment of motorcade, airport, and venue safety, vulnerability, and security measures • Serve as Technical Representative to the Protective Detail to provide countermeasures to any significant security threats • Perform vulnerability and security assessments for the White House Complex in service of the President, Vice President, former Presidents, and other persons of interest as directed by the Secret Service • Responsible for alarms and intrusion detection systems, electrical and mechanical access control systems, closed circuit television and perimeter monitoring systems, fire and life safety systems, and structural, electrical and mechanical venue integrity • Address safe perimeter distances for acceptable explosive stand - off, long range sniper attack threats, and technical surveillance and electronic monitoring threats • Certifications for the above proficiencies are available upon request

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Recent unsettling world events such as the attempted Turkish coup, French terror attacks, Brexit and now the Trump presidency are having a significant impact on the interest by wealthy individuals and families in alternative residence and citizenship.