Speaking at 30th anniversary celebrations on 26 July 2006, Commander Bradley Bower said that the greatest challenge facing the navy of a maritime country like Fiji was to maintain sovereignty and the maritime environment, to acquire, restore, and replace equipment, and to train officers to keep pace with changing situations.

In Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ) – which was produced in 1944 but not released until 1946 – Kelly collaborated with Fred Astaire – for whom he had the greatest admiration – in the famous " The Babbitt and the Bromide " challenge dance routine.

Creationist Jonathan Sarfati has described the eye as evolutionary biologists ' " greatest challenge as an example of superb ' irreducible complexity ' in God's creation ", specifically pointing to the supposed " vast complexity " required for transparency.

Nurmi told Peltzer to forget his opponents: " Conquering yourself is the greatest challenge of an athlete.

The rising strength of the Sassanid Persian Empire ( 226 – 651 ) heralded perhaps the greatest external challenge that Rome faced in the 3rd century.

Stiles ' greatest challenge occurred in July 1779 when hostile British forces occupied New Haven and threatened to raze the College.

In turn, Lopes sent a reply through Entertainment Weekly issuing a " challenge " to Watkins and Thomas to release solo albums and let the public decide who was the " greatest " member of TLC:

Dealing with public fear may prove the greatest challenge in case of an RDD event.

The Stern Review on the Economics Of Climate Change says " Climate change presents a unique challenge for economics: it is the greatest example of market failure we have ever seen.

Plants need nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, as well as micronutrients and symbiotic relationships with fungi and other organisms to flourish, but getting enough nitrogen, and particularly synchronization so that plants get enough nitrogen at the right time ( when plants need it most ), is likely the greatest challenge for organic farmers.

Although Cagney turned out to be Warner's greatest prize, he was also the studio executive's biggest professional challenge.

Qin armies conquered the state of Zhao in 228 BC, the northern country of Yan in 226 BC, the small state of Wei in 225 BC, and the largest state and greatest challenge, Chu, in 223 BC.

" Although a Human Effects Advisory Panel was established in 1998 to provide independent assessment on human effects, data, and models for the use of ' non-lethal weapons ' on the general population, the TECOM Technology Symposium in 1997 concluded on non-lethal weapons: " Determining the target effects on personnel is the greatest challenge to the testing community ," primarily because " the potential of injury and death severely limits human tests.

Perhaps the greatest security challenge in railway operation is preventing the tampering of manually operable switches.

Cusack found that the greatest challenge adapting the novel was pulling off Rob Gordon's frequent breaking of the fourth wall and talking directly to the audience.

Holding an exploding bomb together is the greatest challenge of fission weapon design.

Perhaps the greatest challenge is distinguishing non-singing birds of the nominate subspecies from Iberian Chiffchaff in the field.

James Chandler, also in 1998, pointed out that " If To Autumn is his greatest piece of writing, as has so often been said, it is because in it he arguably set himself the most ambitious challenge of his brief career and managed to meet it.

The greatest professional challenge Perkins ever faced was posed by Thomas Wolfe, whose talent was matched only by his lack of artistic self-discipline.

Hungarians faced the greatest challenge of overcoming the divisions of the previous year, as the fighting there had been the most bitter.

The greatest challenge was the Romerike Tunnel from Etterstad, beside Oslo Central Station, to Lillestrøm — the longest railway tunnel in Norway, located underneath the geological highly unstable recreational area Østmarka.

Critics maintain that Kane fails to overcome the greatest challenge to such an endeavor: " the argument from luck ".

Metzinger, for example, writes in a Pan article, two years before the publication of Du " Cubisme " that the greatest challenge to the modern artist is not to ' cancel ' tradition, but to accept " it is in us ," acquired by living.

Shortly thereafter, a challenge to single combat arrives from Prince Hector, the greatest Trojan warrior, and Ulysses decides to have Ajax, a headstrong fool, fight Hector instead of Achilles, in the hopes that this snub will wound Achilles's pride and bring him back into the war.

Currently Greenpeace considers global warming to be the greatest environmental problem facing the Earth.

They rigidly and predictably applied their three-pronged " buffalo horns " attack, paradoxically their greatest strength, but also their greatest weakness when facing concentrated firepower.

One of the greatest problems facing emperors in the Third Century Crisis was that they were only ever able to personally command troops on one front at any one time.

Also, the Environmental Protection Agency's ( EPA ) Clean Water Act of 1972 provided a public capital investment of $ 40 billion in constructing and upgrading sewage treatment facilities with “ significant positive impacts on the Nation ’ s water quality .” Considered by the National Academy of Engineering to be the greatest engineering achievement of the 20th century, the North American electric grid carries electricity over on high-voltage transmission lines across the U. S. Though currently facing aging facilities and equipment, this public capital investment has ubiquitously reached millions of homes and businesses.

Coralline algae are important contributors to reef structure in those parts of the reef subjected to the greatest forces by waves ( such as the reef front facing the open ocean ).

Yorke, who had the greatest control within the band, was still facing writer's block.

He also testified that being killed is the greatest danger facing young men in such neighborhoods.

One of the greatest barriers facing wide acceptance of open-source software relates to the lack of technical and general support.

The greatest environmental problem the Pygmies seem to be facing is the loss of their traditional homeland, the tropical forests of Central Africa.

He has stated that, in foreign policy terms, ' the single greatest, economic, environmental, geopolitical issue now facing us is climate change.

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One of the greatest challenges facing the builders of the Panama Canal was dealing with the tropical diseases rife in the area.

We are also providing specific and targeted support in those areas facing the greatest recruitment challenges, namely schools in the south east and east of the country, faith schools and rural primary schools.

Looting is the greatest problem facing the site today.

Wisden described how he never flinched despite facing the greatest amount of Bodyline.

At last facing his greatest foe, the Baron ( Adrian Edmondson ) launches into a long-winded soliloquy about chivalry and honour.

Writes < nowiki > sociology | sociologist Orlando < nowiki ></ nowiki > Patterson, " The greatest problem now facing African-Americans is their isolation from the tacit norms of the dominant culture, and this is true of all classes.

Webb has stated that he tackled these subjects to stimulate discussion and engage people to bring about changes in what he sees as some of the greatest problems the world is facing today.

Tadakatsu also served at Tokugawa's greatest defeat, the Battle of Mikatagahara ( 1572 ), where he commanded the left wing of his master's army, facing off against troops under one of the Takeda clan's more notable generals, Naito Masatoyo.

However, all the races would soon find themselves facing their greatest threat: a virulent race of nanomachines called the Mechanoids.

In his role of scientific advisor to the UK government King was outspoken on the subject of climate change, saying " I see climate change as the greatest challenges facing Britain and the World in the 21st century "

" An Entertainment Weekly article from January 2003 looking back at the top 25 episodes of the series chose this episode as the show's greatest episode, saying " this episode is virtually flawless, the product of a series at the height of its creative powers -- when the satire was savage and relevant " and " the stuff of syndication legend: Burns facing down brilliant labor kingpin Homer Simpson ; Homer Simpson facing down his own brain ( DENTAL PLAN !/ Lisa needs braces!