Sentences with phrase «slow retreat from»

Certainly with the Court's slow retreat from the no - funding principles represented in the voucher decision, the stricter Blaine amendments at the state level serve as a remaining bar to greater public funding of religious schools.

«Moon's slow retreat from frozen Earth.»

Not exact matches

BHP Billiton VP Huw McKay explains that, despite recent weakness, owing to slowing demand, and against most predictions, to date, the price of the steelmaking raw material is still up 31 %, having retreated from a surge of 52 %, after near - decade lows, in December last year.

In the somewhat good news department, the new study shows that Pine Island Glacier, the fastest - shrinking glacier on the planet, has actually seen its grounding line retreat slow down markedly compared to measurements taken from 1992 - 2011.

NOAA has a nice visual of the recession of the Jakobshavn glacier which RC posted here: http://www.realclimate.org/images/jakobshavn.jpg There was a rather large retreat from 1851 until 1913, then slowing until 2001, with a recent acceleration.

But the multiple layers of a well - designed retreat experience slow me down, and I switch from strategizing to opening up to possibility and going with the flow.

In feeling this fundamental travel exhaustion and departure from my preferred style of slow travel, I decided to return to Mana Retreat; a favourite place of mine in the world and one that nourishes my body and soul.

Not slow to bolster their hotel sector, Sri Lanka is awash with a range of accommodation, from new luxury beachfront resorts to authentic wellness retreats buried deep in the jungle.

I wonder once the front has retreated from salt water and sea mist that ultracold deep ice could refreeze fresh water and slow the breakup.

It'd be nice to think that the world's nations would move more assertively to cut dependence on fossil fuels in light of new research showing that the retreat of Arctic sea ice from warming will modulate if warming is slowed.

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Just like the slow retreat of Alpine glaciers since 1850 has likely had something to do with warmer long - term temperature trends over Europe, since we have been emerging from a generally colder period, called the Little Ice Age.

The difference between an aggressive stance on climate change and a slower path could mean the difference between an orderly approach to sea level rise and a chaotic retreat from the coasts.

Therefore, the Chuck Grassley slow - walk retreat from bipartisanship was an effective way to kill it.

While transactions for non-strategic assets in secondary and tertiary markets slowed significantly as some investors hesitated and lenders retreated, class - A assets in primary markets still, by and large, can obtain attractive financing from a wide range of lenders, including life insurers, commercial banks, and foreign institutions.