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climate and English
Abbadie's health suffered from devotion to his duties in the Savoy and from the English climate.
A number of English settlements were established along the coast of Maine in the 1620s, although the rugged climate, deprivations, and conflict with the local peoples caused many to fail over the years.
For once, fresco proved to be a problematic technique for the English climate.
The spectacular natural beauty of the Nice area and its mild Mediterranean climate came to the attention of the English upper classes in the second half of the 18th century, when an increasing number of aristocratic families took to spending their winter there.
Fever, dysentery, hostile Malagasy, and the trying arid climate of southern Madagascar soon terminated the English settlement near Toliary ( Tuléar ) in 1646.
Renowned for its healthful climate, the town earned the nickname of the English Riviera and favourable comparisons to Montpellier.
The English climate badly affected his arthritis, making him increasingly lame.
A popular tourist destination with a tight connurbation of resort towns, Torbay's sandy beaches, mild climate and recreational and leisure attractions have given rise to the nickname of the English Riviera.
The dress was more comfortable in the Indian climate and created a sense of ease and relaxation such that the clothing, not unlike that of an Islamic scholar or mufti, came into the English language as a word meaning ' out of uniform ' or pertaining to their being out of their formal role.
The name was coined by William Gowland, the " Father of Japanese Archaeology ," and later popularized by Reverend Walter Weston ( 1861 – 1940 ), an English missionary for whom a memorial plaque is located at Kamikochi, a tourist destination known for its alpine climate.
The name Reseda refers to the fragrant plant Reseda odorata, whose English name is Mignonette, and was commonly found in gardens of the time and is native to many areas with a Mediterranean climate.
English literature reappeared after 1200, when a changing political climate and the decline in Anglo-Norman made it more respectable.
Born Juliet Marion Hulme in Blackheath, London, the daughter of Dr. Henry Hulme, an English physicist, Perry was diagnosed with tuberculosis as a child and sent to the Caribbean and South Africa in hopes that a warmer climate would improve her health.
Among his books were Trees and Shrubs for English Plantations: a selection and description of the most ornamental trees and shrubs, native and foreign, which will flourish in the open air in our climate ... With illustrations published in 1870, and England's Foreign Policy ; an enquiry as to whether we should continue a Policy of Intervention, etc.
In the damp English climate, he had been continually afflicted with malaria, colds, influenza, and throat infections, often arriving to play with his neck swathed in bandages.
As Newfoundland's first poet in English, Hayman is remembered for his writings extolling the island, its climate and its early English pioneers.
He was actually christened Brian O ' Brien, after his famous ancestor Brian Boru, but being a political gymnast, he preferred a more English appellation to appease the King, and to be socially acceptable in the climate of the time.
He said that he believed Chasselas would suit the English climate and terroir very well.
In 1711, Blackmore produced The Nature of Man, a physiological / theological poem on climate and character ( with the English climate being the best ).
The troubled political climate, the beautiful landscape and the confluence of various ethnic groups perhaps have given rise to a body of writing that is completely different from Indian English Literature.
English cottage housing and Victorian houses were used for housing Europeans and Nigerian colonial civil servants in the early 20th century until Europeans started trying to adapt their architecture to the tropical climate.
Added to the scores of magnificent scenic " points ", the perennial springs, streams, and waterfalls of Mahabaleshwar plateau, with its year round superb climate, drew the English and others to Mahabaleshwar like honey bees to sweet nectar.

climate and thought
The human influence on climate change is thought to contribute to an accelerated trend in sea level rise which threatens coastal habitats.
For example, in the political controversy over anthropogenic climate change that is prevalent in the United States-it has been thought that those who are opposed to the scientific consensus did so because of a lack of evidence.
Robinson returned to live in Ireland at the end of 2010, and has set up The Mary Robinson Foundation-Climate Justice, which aims to be ' a centre for thought leadership, education and advocacy on the struggle to secure global justice for those many victims of climate change who are usually forgotten-the poor, the disempowered and the marginalised across the world.
It is thought to have a considerable warming influence on the climate, although a minority have disputed this.
The roots of Australian marsupials are thought to trace back tens of millions of years to when much of the current southern hemisphere was part of the supercontinent of Gondwana ; marsupials are believed to have originated in what is now South America and migrated across Antarctica, which had a temperate climate at the time.
Their research suggests the invention of clothing may have coincided with the northward migration of modern Homo sapiens away from the warm climate of Africa, thought to have begun between 50, 000 and 100, 000 years ago.
The climate during the Early Bronze Age ( c. 2500-1400 BC ) is thought to have been warmer than at present, as there are many remains from this period in what are now bleak uplands.
There could be no extension into regions with a temperate climate, as had been thought before.
Depending on the temperature and humidity at the altitude the contrail forms, they may be visible for only a few seconds or minutes, Persistent contrails are thought to have a significant effect on global climate.
The extreme cooling of the global climate around 700 million years ago ( the so called Snowball Earth of the Cryogenian period ) and the rapid evolution of primitive life during the subsequent Ediacaran and Cambrian periods are often thought to have been triggered by the breaking up of Rodinia.
The primary reason for the proliferation of primitive societies in this area is thought to have been the relative mildness of climate and the abundance of wildlife, which allowed the hunting inhabitants a comfortable life.
It has since been thought of as a reemerging zoonosis supplemented by the increased distribution of meat products, political changes, a changing climate, and increasing sylvatic transmission.
It was thought that the area's climate would be beneficial to Nitya, who had been diagnosed with tuberculosis ; Nitya's ailing health would become a concern for Krishnamurti.
It was his mission to determine " step by step the process by which geologic structure, topographic form, and the present and past nature of the climate have shaped man's progress, moulded his history ; and thus played an incalculable part in the development of a system of thought which could scarcely have arisen under any other physical circumstances.
Despite accepted errors in their models, e. g., treatment of clouds, modelers still thought their climate predictions were valid.
He also said he did not think that he could get a fair trial in the racially charged climate of the time, and thought that an acquittal would cause a riot similar to the events of 1992.
In the past widely considered to be vagrants, these birds are now thought to be undertaking a normal regular migration, taking advantage of the mild oceanic climate winters on the western fringes of Europe for wintering.
In the past widely considered to be vagrants, these birds are now thought to be undertaking a normal regular migration, able to take advantage of the mild oceanic climate winters on the western fringes of Europe for wintering.
Although earlier published radiocarbon evidence suggested a two-sigma age range of AD 408 – 536, which is consistent with the global climate downturn, the connection between AD 536 and Ilopango was not explicitly made until research on Central American Pacific margin marine sediment cores by Steffen Kutterolf and colleagues showed that the phreatoplinian TBJ eruption was much larger than previously thought.
At first, it was thought that he might have caught a cold because of the climate of the area where the movie was being filmed.
It was thought a covered stadium was a must for a major-league team to be viable in Houston due to the area's subtropical climate and hot summers.
* Britain: It was thought that the lynx had died out in Britain either about 10, 000 years ago, after the ice had retreated, or about 4, 000 years ago, during a cooler and wetter climate change.
These fossils help define a picture of what is thought to have been a cooler, moister climate in the Los Angeles basin during the glacial age.
The Great Powers ( Britain, France, Russia, and Italy ) in order to prevent future clashes and trying to avoid the creation of a revanchist climate in Greece, imposed what they thought of as the final solution on the Cretan Question: Crete was proclaimed an autonomous Cretan State.

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