Sentence examples for worldwide spate from inspiring English sources

In 1930, just when trade was needed more than ever to keep economies going, President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff act, ignoring formal protests by more than 30 countries, sharply raising tariff barriers and triggering a worldwide spate of retaliatory protectionist measures.

Their clean medical records ruled out the iatrogenic - medical - contamination which had resulted in a worldwide spate of CJD cases in the 1980s among height-stunted children who had received infected growth hormone pooled from the pituitary glands of human corpses.

The deal will give Kazaa's claimed 60 million users worldwide access to a spate of Bollywood films starting with Supari (A Contract for Killing), a thriller made available for $2.99 last month.

Complaints have led to multiple enforcement actions in recent years and a spate of worldwide investigations into the way the mapping project also collected the personal data of private computer users.

The Defence Science Board report comes amid a spate of accusations worldwide claiming Beijing is engaged in a sustained campaign of hacking defence and business secrets.

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. criticized both pieces of legislation in a letter to Senate leaders Tuesday, saying they risked kicking off a spate of protectionist measures worldwide.

At the same time we were seeing a rapidly escalating spate of terrorist activities planned worldwide against Americans.

The police operations quelled a spate of terrorism that gripped millions worldwide and riveted attention on the manhunt that followed the Wednesday assault at the magazine, whose lampooning of Islamic extremists and the prophet Muhammad had angered some Muslims.

Festival Scope's list of worldwide festivals is quite alluring, including a recent spate of Swiss films from Locarno and plenty of other intriguing programming from the domestic front (Seattle, Tribeca, SXSW, Sundance) and more diverse locations, including Hong Kong, Berlin, Rome, Tokyo and the adventurous fantasy and animation features and shorts to be found in Sitges and Annecy.

It accused his government of being ineffective against a spate of terrorist attacks and unable to tackle a worldwide economic crisis, which is beginning to be felt here.

South Korea has had a spate of cases in the last month and there have been 1,167 reported incidents of Mers worldwide, of which 479 have died from the disease.