The prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, said the "flood" of migrants "threatens our existence as a Jewish and democratic state".
Contemplating how the centuries abrade the shapes that man's "imperious eye" forces on the landscape, he writes: "If I insist on the symbolism I find in such places … it is because the flood of change threatens to bear away all such constructs of meaning, and it is the task of the topographer to shore them up.
Rakotoarisoa leads half a dozen forays into the country's wilds each year, which often take several days to reach and can involve overcoming submerged roads as rivers flood, to collect seeds of threatened and economically important plants.
There is plenty of room, both for the echoes of eventful change to resonate as Kayama (Kevin Gudahl), the minor official who is one of the central characters, sings the haunting solo "A Bowler Hat," and for the witty and chaotic production number "Please Hello," which depicts a diplomatic invasion of Japan by a flood of smiling and threatening Western emissaries.
Lebanese fighters increasingly take part in the war next door, on either side, and a flood of Syrian refugees threatens to overwhelm Lebanon, whose economy has already been devastated by the instability.
And according to Mr. Gertner, the current Bell Labs president, Jeong Kim, believes that the future of communications may be defined by an industry yet to be created: a business that does not simply deliver or search out information, but also somehow manages and organizes the vast flood of data that threatens to overwhelm our lives.
"When a flood of Chinese tires threatened a thousand American jobs, it was President Obama who stood up to China and protected American workers".
As a man who has regularly plumbed the depths for column material but doesn't know how to plumb a sink to get rid of even worse material, I recently faced a flood of problems that threatened to turn the laundry room into a scene from "Titanic".
Whenever she would venture from the safety of her house in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Balochistan province In wake of the floods, malnutrition threatens thousands of children in Pakistan JAMSHORO, Pakistan, 21 November 2011 – Mohammad Ali, of Southern Pakistan, is not the world famous boxing legend, but a true fighter nonetheless.
Along with the torrential rains and intensive flooding that were threatening the passage of millions of refugees into north-eastern India, this news galvanised Shankar into approaching Harrison for help in trying to alleviate the suffering.
