Sentence examples for vicissitudes for from inspiring English sources

But reforming Social Security poses its own "hazards and vicissitudes" for politicians, as George Bush is finding out.

After Mr. Weinstein's tenure, the hospital more or less weathered its vicissitudes for a time -- at least enough so that the county felt comfortable cutting it loose financially in 1998.

Avoiding those kind of internal upheavals and eliminating much of the anger and despair upon which the terrorists and extremists prey would be a major boon to a world that is likely to remain addicted to Middle Eastern oil, and therefore vulnerable to its vicissitudes, for decades to come.

I spoke with composer Du Yun, a founding member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) who will present her work Vicissitudes Alone for guitar and electronics, featuring guitarist Daniel Lippel of ICE, at The Kitchen on Thursday, October 20 at 8 p.m. Daniel J. Kushner: How does Vicissitudes Alone relate to your previous work?

For many, religion is not just a consolation for the vicissitudes of aging or the fulcrum of social life, but a means of defining themselves, much as the jobs and workplaces they have left.

Sehorn, who is 30, has recently arrived at a theory for the vicissitudes of his performance.

"By singling out Jefferson and Lincoln, I certainly do not mean to say that presidents and other great men were solely responsible for the vicissitudes of American politics," he writes.

Yet even as India's farming still depends on manual labor and the age-old vicissitudes of nature, demand for food has continued to rise — because of a growing population and rising incomes, especially in the middle and upper classes.

He has elevated the discussion of me-and-my-problems to a dizzying height, one that would make Woody Allen blush and send gaggles of aged pensioners debating illnesses and the vicissitudes of life running for cover.

The government has watered down the benefits to be gained from these changes by leaving council tax benefit out of the new system, so that working families whose earnings increase will still face the vicissitudes of whatever mechanisms for withdrawing council tax support apply where they live.

G. William Miller was a businessman untrained for the vicissitudes of financial markets.