Sentences with word «straits»
Crossing the straits by boat and walking the beaches, they could have gradually explored the coasts of the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Bering Land Bridge until finally reaching the west coast of the Americas, a journey of several thousand miles.
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What's more, detailed studies of the Southeast Asian coastline of 50,000 years ago showed that an 800 - mile - long stretch of islands and at least eight ocean straits separated the island continent from the Asian mainland.
The effects of DL 180 are even more onerous than the original law at institutions in the direst financial straits; those institutions will not be allowed to replace anyone.
«We don't want to do geoengineering, but we're in increasingly dire straits,» says climate expert Michael MacCracken of the Climate Institute in Washington D.C., who has advocated publicly for research into geoengineering.
For the study, academics from the Nottingham Geospatial Institute (NGI) and RNoNA Navigation Centre tested DGPS disruption in the busy shipping lanes of the Norwegian straits where navigational errors account for half of accidents.
Yet the Tickners adapted quickly, adopting a suite of strategies to manage the increasingly hostile land and turn a profit, even as farmers around them were in dire financial straits.
«Observed discrepancies of up to 10 metres are very hazardous, considering the narrow nature of the Norwegian straits, which are frequently affected by poor visibility,» explains Lieutenant Commander Oeystein Glomsvoll at RNoNA Navigation Centre.
CORALS are in dire straits, so it will take an ambitious plan to save them.
The impact of the salty, oxygen - rich water that flowed into the Baltic Sea main basin (Baltic Proper) in December 2014 via the Danish straits was still visible in August up to the deep basins east of Gotland.
Six months earlier, another pregnant woman in desperate straits was admitted to the same hospital, with a very different ending.
Similarly, populist parties in Europe saw high levels of electoral support in response to messages that their countries are in dire straits.
There is a need for an exit plan for Nigeria from these dire straits.
More than 24,000 professionals — half of whom work in the public sector and health service, the police, and in social services — ask us to give this food to clients because they've made the decision that this individual or family is in dire straits and needs help.
«She was in dire mental straits,» Liggieri said.
«Unlike Carey, who had a solvent state trying to salvage New York City... Cuomo inherits a state that is in desperate fiscal straits and no one has ever bailed out a state,» said Bruce Gyory, a political consultant who teaches about national and state voting trends at the state University at Albany.
Michigan tried that for 15 years or so, and Detroit & their state is still in dire straits.
The second is that, while the payment is insignificant for Imperial Tobacco (gross profit last year # 5.5 bn), it means rather more to the Lib Dems, who have been in dire financial straits ever since their chief donor absconded to the Dominican Republic to avoid a seven - year prison sentence.
Meanwhile, businessman Bill Owens (D) is up with ads touting his military background and resume as a job - creator in an area that is in desperate economic straits.
There's no doubting that the Empire State is in dire straits trying to fix their deficit.
They said they did not hold him accountable for the Cooper Union's current financial straits.
We're in dire straits.
The New York State Comptroller is out with an audit that shows the city of Troy's finances are in dire straits, thanks to poor budgeting, the overuse of rainy day funds to fund day - to - day operations, and insufficient funding for capital costs.
«What has gone largely unsaid is that many of Cincinnati's community schools are still in dire academic straits,» reported the Times.
Is that exemplary statesmanship for a nation in dire straits?
A plan by the Saratoga County Town of Milton to purchase a former Cub Scout camp appears to be in dire straits.
But as long as those New Yorkers fail to see the dire straits in which other fellow new yorkers face everyday to make ends meet, just to be able to partake in a meeting held in a restaurant should be a sin.
Dear Editor, Rockland County is in dire straits financially, because of years of poor planning and bad budget practices.
The Republicans started their year in dire straits after their first - choice candidate, business consultant Harry Wilson, opted against a run.
With the Michigan economy in dire straits, a win here would give Republicans a considerable foothold as they seek to rebuild the party's presence in the Upper Midwest.
«Symbols can have great importance, but particularly in our current terrible economic straits, I can not agree to put individuals out of work for a symbolic act.»
«One of the reasons — not the major reason — but one of the reasons the upstate economy is in such dire straits is because the businesses have not been able to compete freely not just in the sale of cigarettes but also in the sale of gasoline.»
Miner's city is in dire financial straits — so much so that she asked former LG Richard Ravitch to come in and lend a hand in hopes of righting the fiscal picture.
Of course, quick changes in population can have an effect of queues in doctor's surgeries and at hospitals — but the fact is that our health service would be in dire straits if EU nationals weren't treating our sick and frail every day.
Similarly, the supermarkets can afford the cost of appeals against planning decisions, something councils are increasingly reticent about given their current financial straits.
«If these numbers bear out, we may very well surpass Nassau in terms of dire straits,» Mr. Sawicki said.
The Courant endorses state Sen. John W. Fonfara for re-election to his 1st Senate District seat with the hope that the Democrat will help get the city and state out of its dire financial straits.
The dire financial straits facing the county are holding our economy hostage.
A report commissioned by the United Way shows that 45 percent of Ulster County households are living in precarious financial straits — either below the federal poverty line, or not making enough to pay for basic needs like food, housing and child care.
Stephanie Miner — The Syracuse mayor took her fight against the governor mainstream, penning an op - ed in The New York Times this week that takes him to task for a budget proposal that she says does little to help municipalities in dire financial straits.
«These are human beings who are in desperate straits and desperate circumstances,» the former international development secretary told the Today programme.
Curran said the county is in «dire straits» due to mismanagement and poor planning during the almost eight years of the Mangano administration.
The tweets coming from a president ensconced in his New Jersey golf club sought to defend Washington's efforts to mobilize and coordinate recovery efforts on a U.S. territory in dire straits almost two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck.
For, judging by this year's local election results, Labour is now in dire straits in his own seat, Norwich South — while the Green Party is in pole position to gain the seat.
Day and Odell concurred, saying that their counties also had been in dire fiscal straits when they took office, but are now on a much firmer financial footing.
The MTA is in dire financial straits, facing budget shortfalls that won't be filled by planned fare hikes in 2019 and 2021.
Labour polled high at a time when discontent against the government was at its peak and the economy was in dire straits (2011 — 2012).
If those elites are unable to carry the support of the broader European population, the project will be in dire straits.
«Senate Republicans bear the brunt of responsibility for landing us in our current fiscal straits.
What bothers me... is it's taking too long for everybody to recognize what kind of dire financial straits we're in.»
«Councillors are well - compensated for their work, and tax - free allowances should be kept to an absolute minimum when the public finances are still in such dire straits.