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climate and hostile
The French Ministry of Defence considered Clipperton as a possible replacement location ; however, due to the island's hostile climate and remote location, this was eventually ruled out.
Faludi argues that 9 / 11 reinvigorated in America a climate that is hostile to women.
Still, in spite of this hostile climate, the Hungarian Jesuit János Sajnovics suggested a relationship between Hungarian and Sami ( Lapp ) in 1770, and in 1799, the Hungarian Sámuel Gyarmathi published the most complete work on Finno-Ugric to that date.
But the rise of Indo-European comparative linguistics absorbed so much attention and enthusiasm that Uralic linguistics was all but eclipsed in Europe ; in Hungary, the only European country that would have had a vested interest in the family ( Finland and Estonia being under Russian rule ), the political climate was too hostile for the development of Uralic comparative linguistics.
Due to the hostile climate towards Baha ' is in Iran, the house has been the target of repeated attacks ; the house was destroyed in 1979, to be paved over two years later and made into a public square.
However, in light of a hostile anti-Catholic climate in Italy, he continued the policies of Pius IX towards Italy, without major modifications.
Fever, dysentery, hostile Malagasy, and the trying arid climate of southern Madagascar soon terminated the English settlement near Toliary ( Tuléar ) in 1646.
In the later part of the 19th century, Pope Leo XIII considered moving his residence to Trieste ( or to Salzburg ), due to what he considered a hostile anti-Catholic climate in Italy, following the Capture of Rome by the newly-founded Kingdom of Italy.
Van Agt lectured in May 2006 in Cairo at the invitation of the Egyptian electronic magazine Arab-West Report about great changes in the cultural climate of north-western Europe in the past decades, becoming more hostile to religion, including Islam.
But gradually the social climate became less receptive to these ideas, even turning harsh and hostile.
African Americans like Zora Hurston grew up in a hostile economic, political, and social climate.
Rather than responding to the hostile climate by simply presenting positive representations of African Americans, writers of the Harlem Renaissance attempted to expose the racist oppression in American society.
Factors affecting cycling levels may include: town planning ( including quality of infrastructure: cyclist " friendly " vs. cyclist " hostile "), trip-end facilities ( particularly secure parking ), retail policy, marketing the public image of cycling, integration with other transport modes, cycle training, terrain ( hilly vs. flat ), distance to destinations, levels of motorized transport and climate.
Despite their unorthodox living arrangement, Carpenter and Merrill managed to escape scandal and arrest in the hostile social climate due to the seclusion afforded them in Millthorpe and Carpenter's notable literary diplomacy.
Ann Lee eventually decided to leave England for America in order to escape the persecution ( i. e. multiple arrests and stays in prison ) she experienced in the hostile religious climate of the United Kingdom.
The CPI ( M ) was born into a hostile political climate.
McKernan and the Democratic leadership ( particularly John Martin ) fostered an extremely hostile and adversarial climate that consumed almost every aspect of Maine government in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In order to found an alternative colony in a less hostile climate further south, he requested " a precinct " in Virginia, where he could grow tobacco.
In the climate of the Maximato, Sandino's radicalism received a hostile reception.
Even in a political climate hostile to Republicans across the nation in 2006, Smith won re-election with 66 % of the vote, the highest percentage for any Republican in the New Jersey delegation.
In this hostile climate against the crown, in 1475 Plasencia played host to the wedding of 13-year-old Princess Joan La Betraneja, pretender to the throne of Castile and her ambitious uncle King Afonso V of Portugal.
Spanish colonization obviously caused some changes ; however, the hostile climate impeded establishment of greater control.
La Portuaria, after a late 90s hiatus in a hostile musical climate, returned in the early 2000s as alternative once again resurfaced in Argentina.
The Dutch found the climate hostile and abandoned the island after several further decades.

climate and agriculture
With limited supplies, the cultivation of food was imperative, but the soils around Sydney were poor, the climate was unfamiliar, and moreover very few of the convicts had any knowledge of agriculture.
The south part of Bosnia has Mediterranean climate and a great deal of agriculture.
While an emphasis remains on agriculture and stock breeding, due to the climate and terrain of the island, there has been a drop in manufacturing, and an observable expansion in its service industries ( mainly tourism-related ).
Industrial agriculture, deforestation, roads, anthropogenic climate change and urban sprawl are amongst the most significant human activities in regards to their effect on stimulating erosion.
" Food writer Mark Kurlansky links this vision of food directly to food writing, giving the genre's scope and range when he observes: “ Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man ’ s relationship with nature, about the climate, about nation-building, cultural struggles, friends and enemies, alliances, wars, religion.
The archipelago's landforms and climate significantly influenced agriculture and trade, and the formation of states.
Jamaica has natural resources, primarily bauxite, and an ideal climate conducive to agriculture and tourism.
The moist climate has been a major factor orienting Latvian agriculture toward animal husbandry and dairying.
The Middle East generally has an arid and hot climate, with several major rivers providing for irrigation to support agriculture in limited areas.
Due to the varying climate, some ingenuity was needed for agriculture to be successful.
Larger amounts of smoke would produce larger climate changes, and for the 150 Teragrams ( Tg ) case produce a true nuclear winter ( 1 Tg is 10 ^ 12 grams ), making agriculture impossible for years.
The term was never meant to suggest that advancement and time periods in prehistory are only measured by the type of tool material, rather than, for example, social organization, food sources exploited, adaptation to climate, adoption of agriculture, cooking, settlement and religion.
Its goals are to increase sustainable agriculture opportunities, improve health and education, increase access to financing for microfinance and business clients, advance infrastructure, help small businesses grow revenues, and invest in climate health.
The fall of the Portuguese monarchy and a favourable international climate led to reforms in administration, agriculture, and education.
The cuisine of Provence is the result of the warm, dry Mediterranean climate ; the rugged landscape, good for grazing sheep and goats but, outside of the Rhone Valley, with poor soil for large-scale agriculture ; and the abundant seafood on the coast.
From c. 3350 BP, a worsening climate began to make agriculture unsustainable in upland areas.
The information gathered will provide the data that will determine the role of agriculture and forestry in a new climate change regulatory system .< ref >" Study Targets Climate Change Impact on Agriculture, Forestry.
During the Pre-Roman Iron Age ( from the 4th to the 1st century BC ), the climate in Denmark and southern Scandinavia became cooler and wetter, limiting agriculture and setting the stage for local groups to migrate southward into Germania.
However, most settlements ended in failure because of the harsh climate and natural conditions, and because of the fact the settlers, previously office workers, were not skilled in agriculture.
It is also clear that climate change will, in many parts of the world, adversely affect socio-economic sectors, including water resources, agriculture, forestry, fisheries and human settlements, ecological systems ( particularly forests and coral reefs ), and human health ( particularly diseases spread by insects ), with developing countries being the most vulnerable.
The overall effect of climate change on agriculture will depend on the balance of these effects.
Assessment of the effects of global climate changes on agriculture might help to properly anticipate and adapt farming to maximize agricultural production.
At the same time, agriculture has been shown to produce significant effects on climate change, primarily through the production and release of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, but also by altering the Earth's land cover, which can change its ability to absorb or reflect heat and light, thus contributing to radiative forcing.
The effect of climate on agriculture is related to variabilities in local climates rather than in global climate patterns.

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