Recent industrial action by lorry drivers meant petrol stations ran dry, supermarkets ran low on stock, and even hospitals had to make alternative arrangements for deliveries of heating coal.
Many initial strikes can go dry quickly or give a low yield.
Though much of the increase in risk can be attributed to dry international capital markets, low investor tolerance for risk and poor growth prospects in developed markets, this does not exonerate Mr da Silva or the rest of them.
Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the dry ingredients, mixing only until they are incorporated.
The runoff of Zongo Glacier Bolivia, 16S shows an appreciable seasonal variability, with low discharges in the dry season May to August and high values in the humid season October to March .
But now, NeuroSky (a fab(u)less startup of US chip designers and Russian neuroscientists chillin' in NorCal) claims a "breakthrough" in non-invasive neural sensors allowing low-cost, dry (no contact gels) neural mapping solutions to be applied to those things you'd most like to mind control (spouse, voters, TV, game console, cellphone).
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In 2007 the area was severely affected when 40 properties flooded despite the nearby River Severn being low and the flood plain dry.
Air in airplanes is extremely dry, and viruses tend to thrive in low-humidity conditions.
Lightning started some, and a deadly combination of dry conditions fuelled them: high temperatures, low humidity and strong winds.
When the supply runs completely dry, Herschel will warm from its ultra-low functioning temperature and go blind.
The former is wonderfully low in acidity and has a rounded, dry character.
He forecast a cold, frosty and mainly dry night in Britain and warned that the system of low pressure was likely to wreak more havoc in Germany and Poland overnight.
Seizing opportunity in desperation, many financially weak, unlicensed, unscrupulous or even potentially criminal companies have formed to restore such coverage through Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWA) or other contrived business structures, which claim to offer great coverage at low rates--often leaving claimants high and dry.
Latent heat flux is highly variable with low values during the accumulation season and high values during the dry period.
Temperatures are expected to remain low across Wales over the Easter weekend but it will be mostly dry with the occasional light wintry shower.
They are a hard-working couple: Willem-Alexander regularly gives speeches at water conferences, sharing his low-lying nation's centuries of experience battling to stay dry, while soon-to-be Queen Maxima, a former investment banker, has carved out a career as a microfinance expert.
It could yield a light passing shower during the day, but it's a very low chance for this, so I'm expecting it to remain dry.
Fast forward to 2012: with the recent departure of natural gas producers, who are moving out of dry shale gas areas to focus on new oil-based shale initiatives due to low pricing for the former, the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to become weighty again in the minds of gas traders.
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The flooding of overflow office districts in low-lying areas like Metairie could raise demand for high-and-dry high-rises downtown.
There had been concern that low levels of oxygen in the water caused by the spell of hot and dry weather during the month would damage their welfare.
Twenty miles outside the small town of Taos, New Mexico, the dry, flat landscape is interrupted momentarily by a small brown-colored dome that appears amid the low, desert scrub.
When restless New York City hedge fund manager Robert Fairchild watches the Baltic Dry Cargo Index plunge 97%, registering an all-time high and a 25-year low within the span of just six months, he decides to buy a ship.
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