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… flowers at a river where a vehicle driven by Maryknoll Sr. Carla Piette overturned in a flash flood on Aug. 23, 1980, as she drove herself, Ford, two seminarians and a war prisoner late at …

… Haiti. He is always grateful for any help we offer. But today he sounds weary. Nightly rains flood the tent. He and his sister spend hours in the darkness standing on a wooden box, trying to …

… in the number of people affected by extreme temperatures, forest fires, droughts, storms and floods growing from 5 million over the 1970s to more than 40 million in 2000-2009. It also said …

… than normal. That was a massive climate change. In China, Pakistan, and India, devastating floods resulted; millions were and are still homeless living on handouts. Perhaps the unusual …

… War and others). In Norwich where Juliana lived there was great poverty (Peasant’s Revolt) flooding and disease. In the midst of this seemingly hopeless situation there was a great spirit …

… sun rose in the east. Some people were born slaves. Might made right, whether considering a flood or an army. Does that brief (and admittedly, apologetically, superficial) summation of the …

… speech, Mexican President Felipe Calderón cited last year’s hurricane in Mexico, this year’s floods in Pakistan and fires in Russia as examples of increasing incidences of natural disasters …

… a just-released prisoner to his village, despite a looming rainstorm. They got caught in flash flooding that upset their vehicle. Piette pushed Ford out the window to safety, and Ford and the …

… and treatment in Africa, told Catholic News Service Nov. 22 that Africa has been virtually flooded with condoms, yet the disease continues to spread because of a lack of responsibility on …

… few years. As if things weren’t bad enough, once the pope-condom-male prostitute story began flooding newsrooms, Vatican spokesman Jesuit Fr. Federico Lombardi personally asked the pope if …

… matters, Andrews added, is that U.S. subsidies for certain crops allow foreign markets to be flooded with those crops at prices that are cheaper than what local farmers can produce. Such …

… position. But now he heads out, uneasily, in a new direction. "Yes," he said, "there was a flood of tears when I finally made my decision on Monday night. I am angry because I wanted what …

… miners, sustainable jobs for the unemployed, healthy forests, clean water and security from flooding and property damage caused by the aggressive mining practice known as mountaintop … and most cheaply, scooped up by front-end loaders. The price paid by the local residents: flooding exacerbated by denuded mountains, cracked foundations from blasting and water polluted …

… and the ground under the tents becomes soggy. Petionville camp managers moved people out of flood-prone areas, and CRS pays camp residents, who work on a rotating schedule, to dig drainage …

… and funny, with the twangy delivery and timing (if not the content) of a Jeff Foxworthy -- is flooded with invitations to speak. The road and the adulation of devotees has been the undoing of …

… Gulf of Mexico oil spill. In 2005, the entire Archdiocese of New Orleans was crippled by the flooding caused by the failure of the federal levees after Hurricane Katrina. All services were …

… adapting to new customs and a new language. When NAFTA rules let cheap North American corn flood markets in Mexico, subsistence farmers could not compete, were forced to sell their land to …

… people. During one of those trips, on Aug. 23, 1980, the two women were caught in a flash flood as they crossed a little creek in their jeep. The surge capsized their jeep, filled it with … the future in the Circus Master’s hands,” she wrote another friend. Ita barely survived the flood, and certainly would not have survived had Carla not pushed her up through the jeep window. …

… even 30 miles per hour over the posted limit. My car was like a stationary stone in a rushing flood of folks anxious to get to the red traffic light a few seconds ahead of everyone else. …

… have to find people and help them to act. Without action, you’re kidding yourself. It all came flooding back to me several weeks ago while driving across the southwest on my way to a retreat …