Sentence examples for fire news from inspiring English sources
Re "Plan to Put Olympics in New York Draws Fire" (news article, Sept. 12): New York City is the greatest city in the world.
In 1843, the manor house was destroyed by fire, news of which was carried in The Illustrated London News.
"Bill on Illegal-Immigrant Aid Draws Fire" (news article, Dec. 30) described a bill before Congress that is correct and a long time coming.
"A Literary Friendship in Black and White: For James Baldwin and Sol Stein, Words Kindled a Fire" (news article, Sept. 13) showed the power of the collaboration of great American minds and cultures.
For days after the fire, news reports focused on various aspects of the blaze — a slow response by firefighters, the persistence of overcrowded buildings in New York — but few clues emerged about the unidentified body.
STEVEN COBB Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 12, 2011 To the Editor: Mitt Romney's $10,000 challenge to Rick Perry at Saturday night's debate made Mr. Romney look like a true 1 percenter, a man so rich that he carelessly tosses off figures most Americans would find staggering ("As Fellow Candidates Mock Romney's Offer to Bet, Gingrich Holds His Fire," news article, Dec. 12).
The rebels called the takeover a breach of the cease-fire, news agencies said.
"West Bank Bloodshed Spoils Effort for Firm Cease-Fire" (news article, June 15) says "Israel had been widely regarded as the aggressor in the Palestinians' eight-month uprising".
Unfortunately, with the ubiquity of rapid-fire news without context on complicated issues like mental health, veterans are a group uniquely (and unfairly) singled out as broken and unstable, damaged by the horrors and experience of war.
Another effort, Radio Sawa, or Together, proved more resilient since it started broadcasting two years ago with a combination of pop music and rapid-fire news broadcasts, much like AM radio fare in the United States.
The complicating factors this time range from varying standards of taste among different parts of the country and the rapid-fire news developments that continue unabated to logistical mix-ups and the inability to adequately gauge public opinion so soon after the attacks.
