Sentence examples for make levees from inspiring English sources

Aggressive buy-local campaigns and defiant slogans on T-shirts ("Make Levees, Not War") have spread the message.

(In fairness to the hapless representatives from the state authority, levees are a concept that the public understands. Signs all over New Orleans say things like "Category 5 Levees Now!" and "Make Levees, Not War").

I realize that this iconography has become commonplace — I recently saw one that said "Defend White Plains" — but they captured a pride, an anxiety, and a defensiveness that was expressed in many others words and slogans: "It Was the Flood, Not the Storm"; "Make Levees, Not War"; "New Orleans: Proud to Call It Home"; and "Hold the Corps Accountable".

This time, some anti-war protesters wore T-shirts that read "make levees not war", while Sir Michael Jagger has penned a song about the evils of neo-conservatism.

Still, Nall thought they'd make ideal levee workers.

Mr. Powell insisted that the $3.4 billion in work currently under way would make the levee system stronger than ever and prevent catastrophic failure in another storm of Hurricane Katrina's strength.

We've been like people living on a floodplain who during the deluge talk about moving or making the levees higher but end up rebuilding in the same spot.

Crim and House were stunned, but shrugged and said, "O.K, what's your suggestion?" "Well, we've got this giant dragline, and we'll just put it down there" — he pointed to the field adjacent to the base of the levee — "and get some dirt and make a new levee".

Prisoners from the Linn County Jail, which with City Hall and the County Courthouse is on May's Island in the center of the Cedar River, filled sandbags and made a levee at a parking lot.

We may not have the power to prevent a hurricane, but we do have the power to make sure that the levees are properly reinforced and we've got a sound emergency plan.

Officials were also examining levees, to make sure they would hold.