CFC shortages, conversions raise questions during teleconference....

Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News;  August 23, 1993 ;     700+ words ...The sheer numbers of CFC-bearing equipment eligible for conversion or replacement to...whether to convert or replace equipment is made more imperative by the sheer numbers of CFC refrigerants that won't be available shortly -- very shortly...

Numbers ` frightening'.(News)

Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 7, 2002 ;     96 words ...UNION leaders in Wales were shocked by the sheer numbers of children affected by the fiasco. The secretary of National Union of Teachers Cymru, Gethin Lewis, said, ``It is a very high...

Exposure: The great dam of China

Mother Jones;  May 1, 2002 ;     178 words ...The sheer numbers are staggering. When completed in 2009, the controversial Three Gorges Dam will span 1.3 miles and raise the level of the Yangtze...

New Christians.(Indicators: Numbers, etc.)(Brief article)

The American Enterprise;  May 1, 2006 ;     104 words ...Future growth in Christianity, at least in sheer numbers of worshipers, will come in new and perhaps unexpected places. In Africa, Christianity is rapidly gaining ground among formerly...

Song of the skylark grows fainter as grasslands dwindle

The Independent - London;  May 27, 1996 ;     461 words ...In terms of sheer numbers lost, no British bird has suffered more than the skylark. In the last quarter-century the number of breeding birds fell by 1.6...

LEAHY: "Leahy"; Narada

The Washington Post;  August 14, 1998 ;     224 words ...Few families are able to muster the sheer numbers much less the playing and dancing talent to mount a self-contained version of "Riverdance," but the Leahys are no ordinary family...

Money News

Business Today;  December 31, 2006 ;     700+ words ......Focus Right Funds are vying to manage your money, but their sheer numbers are turning fund selection into a complex exercise. Here...one looking to invest in them can get inundated by their sheer numbers. Add to that, there are a large number of new fund offers...

WE JUST DON'T KNOW.(Biodiversity; Bio-complexity and the Economics of...

Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm and Resource Issues;  January 1, 2001 ;     104 words ......the sheer numbers of species (literally millions), most of which have not been identified, [pose a question]. Biodiversity means the diversity of...

`Road' weighs black power in Hollywood

Chicago Sun-Times;  February 8, 1991 ;     287 words ...Is Hollywood racist? If you look at the sheer numbers of blacks on the screen and behind the cameras, it sure seems that way. But actor Morgan Freeman, nominated for Academy Awards...

Feeding nine orphans is a full-time job for sanctuary

Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK);  June 12, 2008 ;     381 words ...They are undeniably adorable - but the sheer numbers of deer fawn arriving at a Westcountry sanctuary are causing problems for the owner. Pauline Kidner, founder of Secret World Wildlife...

Immigration rallies impressive, but what's the message?

Oakland Tribune;  May 4, 2006 ;     349 words ...IN terms of sheer numbers, the Day Without an Immigrant rallies on Monday were a huge success. An estimated 1 million people marched at locations around...

Rallies impress, but what's the message?

Oakland Tribune;  May 4, 2006 ;     348 words ...IN TERMS OF sheer numbers, the Day Without Immigrants rallies on Monday were a huge success. An estimated 1 million people marched at locations around the...

Rallies impressive, but what's the message?

Oakland Tribune;  May 4, 2006 ;     348 words ...IN terms of sheer numbers, Monday's "Day Without Immigrants" rallies were a huge success. An estimated 1 million people marched at locations around the country...

What's the message of immigration rallies?

Oakland Tribune;  May 5, 2006 ;     349 words ...IN terms of sheer numbers, the Day Without an Immigrant rallies on Monday were a huge success. An estimated 1 million people marched at locations around...

Circus will be on a roll in Milwaukee

Chicago Sun-Times;  July 15, 1988 ;     373 words ...The sheer numbers paint an impressive enough picture of the Great Circus Parade, which steps off at 2 p.m. Sunday for its 25th anniversary procession...