ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CATASTROPHE
From Greek katastrophē, from katastrephein to overturn, from strephein to turn.
10 QUOTES WITH «CATASTROPHE»
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catastrophe.
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
As a result of the historic catastrophe in which Titus of Rome destroyed Jerusalem and Israel was exiled from its land, I was born in one of the cities of the Exile.
We have been terrorised by what happened in America and we express our condolences to the American people who suffered from this unexpected catastrophe and a new world war.
We see an extensive program of dismantling state institutions... These are ingredients for catastrophe.
The sense of national catastrophe is inevitably heightened in a television age, when the whole country participates in it.
In every circumstance, all my life, my mind shows me the possible bad outcome: someone walks down steps, and before I can do anything to head the image off, I see a fall, a catastrophe.
No connection between Iraq and the 9/11 catastrophe.
Well, our concern has to do with the period prior to 9/11, up to and including the catastrophe that occurred. And thank goodness, we're not obliged to make assessments of what's going on now and deal with these current events.
I was a catastrophe at Science and Games, but the good thing about Quaker schools is that they encourage you in those subjects for which you show an aptitude.
There was a time when the community that was on the Net was homogenous and civilized. Now it's not. We're in the middle of chaos. It may calm down. But the alternative is that there's a total meltdown of the system and that it becomes unusable. That would be a catastrophe.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CATASTROPHE»
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catastrophe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
catastrophe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War
This is a vivid new portrait of how a continent became embroiled in war and what befell millions of men and women in a conflict that would change everything.
2
Full
Catastrophe Living (Revised Edition): Using the Wisdom ...
This second edition, building on the first, is sure to become a treasured sourcebook and traveling companion for new generations who seek the wisdom to live full and fulfilling lives.”—Diana Chapman Walsh, Ph.D., president emerita of ...
3
Catastrophe: An Investigation into the Origins of the Modern ...
In the book's final chapters, Keys delves into the mystery at the heart of this global catastrophe: Why did it happen? The answer, at once surprising and definitive, holds chilling implications for our own precarious geopolitical future.
How Ted Kennedy Jr. is exploiting his father's health care power. "This is no time for apathy or alienation or hopelessness," Morris and McGann remind us. "It's a time for action." And that action must begin now—before it's too late.
Dick Morris, Eileen McGann, 2009
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A Magnificent
Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, ...
A vivid retelling of the presidential election campaign between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson describes the fierce rivalry that was called "America's Second Revolution" and reveals the pivotal roles played by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron ...
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Field Notes from a
Catastrophe: Climate Change - Is Time ...
Exploring the relationship between what we know and what we refuse to know, Elizabeth Kolbert takes us on an urgent journey from the Arctic to Central America, interviewing researchers, environmentalists and traditional Inuits whose lives ...
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An Introduction to
Catastrophe Theory
The aim of this book is to make it possible for anyone with a comparatively modest background in mathematics - no more than is usually included in a first year university course for students not specialising in the subject - to understand ...
Peter Timothy Saunders, 1980
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Dreamworld and
Catastrophe: The Passing of Mass Utopia in ...
Developing the notion of dreamworld as both a poetic description of a collectivemental state and an analytical concept, Susan Buck-Morss attempts to come to terms with massdreamworlds at the moment of their passing.
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Catastrophe Modeling: A New Approach to Managing Risk
'This book fills a critical need in setting forth the role of modern risk analysis in managing catastrophe risk. There is no comparable reference work for this important subject area. The book is well written and well organized.
Patricia Grossi, Howard Kunreuther, 2006
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Catastrophe Remembered: Palestine, Israel and the Internal ...
Documents the experiences of the minority Palestinians who remained behind in Israel after the 1948 war.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CATASTROPHE»
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catastrophe is used in the context of the following news items.
'No depiction of catastrophe will ever make up for a 100 years of …
Last week, renowned Canadian film director Atom Egoyan was in Turkey for the first time. Although he had received many invitations from film ... «Asbarez Armenian News, Jul 15»
Edmonton's Metro LRT line a ''green'' catastrophe
Edmonton's Metro LRT line a ''green'' catastrophe. 0. lorne gunter. By Lorne Gunter , Postmedia Network. First posted: Monday, July 06, 2015 ... «Edmonton Sun, Jul 15»
CRU GROUP (Catastrophe Response Unit) Opens Dallas, TX Office
DALLAS, TEXAS - CRU Group, a Toronto, Canada based claims adjustment and management firm, is pleased to announce the opening of its ... «Canadian Underwriter, Jul 15»
Inside Amazon's edgy romantic comedy Catastrophe with Rob …
So begins this Catastrophe, Amazon's fantastically frank romantic comedy starring (and created by) the Twitter-famous comedian Rob Delaney ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
“No one is making them stop”: Why corporations outsource …
"No one is making them stop": Why corporations outsource catastrophe -- and A relative holds up a picture of a garment worker in front of the ... «Salon, Jul 15»
Yemen faces major catastrophe amid UN inaction: Academic
Why does there seem to be so little action or a lot of inaction by the United Nations when dealing with this humanitarian catastrophe that is ... «Press TV, Jul 15»
Banks Staying Shut Would Be 'Catastrophe': Maraggelis
A failure by Greek banks to open on Tuesday would be a "catastrophe," according to Emmanuel Maraggelis, managing director of Athenian ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
Impact Forecasting calls for more industry-wide catastrophe …
The insurance industry can gain the most useful risk management insights from catastrophe models by collaborating to innovate, suggests Aon ... «Canadian Underwriter, Jul 15»
Our Greek referendum offers catastrophe or absolute catastrophe …
So we get to choose today. Some choice – between a catastrophe and an absolute catastrophe. But at least now we appear to be arriving at a ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Calls for unity to fight 'climate catastrophe'
CALLS have been made for collaboration within Asean and beyond to try to limit the rise of world temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius - to avoid ... «The Nation, Jul 15»
