Sentences with phrase «which ravages»

The objections to Keystone XL stem at least in part from widespread concern over the production of oil from tar sands, which ravages the landscape, pollutes rivers and emits high concentrations of greenhouse gases.

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It has been on an upward price track for years, in part because the Chinese — compelled by the lack of a social safety net to save rigorously for things like higher education and in case of illness — have few other investing vehicles with which to protect their savings from the ravages of inflation.

Here we see his concern with the ravages of our world to which modernist liberalism has contributed.

The vineyards have so far escaped the direct ravages of the worst bushfires for 30 years but winemakers fear their grapes may have fallen victim to «smoke taint», which results in wines that taste like an ashtray and can ruin an entire vintage.

And it's common to offer guys a «yes, but» in which they might come in in year X or might have to take another year in junior, depending on what ravages your roster sustains.

Metal detectors show that some of the shipwreck and its artifacts remain entombed in sand, which acts like a hermetic seal to keep out the ravages of the sea.

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.

It is the parents and caregivers who are able to think outside the box and realize that the USDA Food Plate and Food Pyramid are nothing but a political sham and that Traditional Foods for breakfast are ideal which are high in fat and protein with no refined carbs who truly have a fighting chance to preserve and protect their children from the ravages of the childhood obesity epidemic.

Luckily modern research techniques which are advancing our knowledge at an amazing rate, have come up with a host of encouraging information which we can use to slow down and sometimes reverse, the ravages of time.

In addition, antioxidants, such as fat - soluble vitamin E, which protect the body from the ravages of free radicals, are neutralized or destroyed by high temperatures and pressures.

The revenants of critical pedagogy will return to haunt us, should we forget what first animated its mission, which was the struggle against the ravages of capitalism, and to bear witness to a better future.

Under that 1981 law, books in the country were sold at a fixed price, which was meant to protect small booksellers from the ravages of big box discount stores and retail chains that were already cropping up even then.

Run by the Sint Maarten National Heritage Foundation, the museum features a diverse assemblage of exhibits covering everything from pre-Columbian history to the ravages of Hurricane Luis, which slammed into the island in 1995.

The inlet here has a small beach which is protected from the ravages of the ocean and on certain days with fine weather this is a great place for a swim.

This signally important theme in Wilke's work is explored with devastating honesty in the drawings and photographs from the Intra-Venus series, which document the ravages of the cancer which ultimately ended her life, and the Brushstrokes pieces (1992), drawings made with the artist's hair that fell out following chemotherapy.

As the latter continue to expand both in terms of facture (higher - quality CGI, filming via drones) and how they're nested in the expansive installations he produces with Lizzie Fitch, Trecartin is branching out in other directions: this year, he cocurated the New Museum's Triennial, Surround Audience, which unsurprisingly was filled with artists negotiating the ravages of the digital age.