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On an island in the middle of the mighty Mississippi River, in our nation's heartland, at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good, I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States. – Amy Klobuchar	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The worst is in Big Black River, Maine, it hit minus 20 (minus 29 Celsius) overnight. – Jim Hayes	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If I'm a drug company, I think that it costs somewhere, depending on who you speak to, between $ 1.2 and $ 1.8 billion to bring a new drug to market, who would spend that kind of money when some other guy can just get on a boat, ride down a river and grab it off a tree ? – Dave Herman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Within five minutes of being out on the river, all three rafts capsized, and everyone ended up in the water. – Anthony Castro	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Nile River Basin's upstream riparian states argue that The Nile Waters Agreements are unfair, inequitable and unsustainable. – John Mukum Mbaku	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The water in the Cape Fear River next to Duke's Sutton plant had twice as much arsenic in it as the toxic gray coal ash slurry spilling straight out of the pipe into the Dan River in 2014. – Donna Lisenby	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It will be impossible to capture any true measure of contamination, given the huge flow of water when they were doing this testing, the real question the state is not addressing is if coal ash particles got into the river and the extent of that. – Avner Vengosh	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Cape Fear River has spilled into Sutton Lake. The Cape Fear River has spilled over into their transmission yard. Duke has evacuated their employees, what we don't know at this point is if any coal ash has filtered into The Cape Fear River. – Michael Regan	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Although river flooding has approached the two inactive coal basins at the facility, it appears there are currently no structural issues with those impoundments. – Bridget Munger	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Flooding with the Saluda River is always an area of concern and we have had times when it did start to encroach our perimeter. – John Davis	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's different than other sports, not only is this race difficult and competitive but dangerous. You are there to do the best you can, but you are also trying to stay safe. [ The athletes ] are not OK until they are off the river. That adds a whole other layer of energy to the sport. – James Byrd	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Today, Lake Turkana gets about 90 % of its water from the SW Ethiopian highlands via the Omo River, and the remaining 10 % from the western Kenyan highlands via the Turkwel and Kerio Rivers. During times past, rainfall in all these areas fluctuated, and Lake Turkana expanded and contracted as weather systems changed. – Elisabeth Hildebrand	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I was telling my weight lifting coach,' God, I wish I stayed in more contact with the man who baptized me in a Costa Rican river on a reality show, because I would be going to the JB/Hailey frickin ’ wedding,'. – Spencer Pratt	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The law states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the River Thames, today swan upping is about conservation and education. – David Barber	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The land ministry has to make their decision after seeing all the requests sent in from around the country. Every area, not just ours, make these requests hoping that our river gets picked, of course, it would have made us very happy if ours had been selected sooner. – Hiroshi Kono	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Two hours north of Salt Lake City, I went into labor. An hour later, he was born on the interstate and I was rushed to a small, rural hospital, Bear River Valley Hospital. much to everyone’s surprise, he didn’t need any help. – Larissa McCollum	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We have to be respectful and tolerant, and if someone is in the river, let's move forward. – Pope Benedict	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I was wounded by a sword to my face, then I lost consciousness and I was lying on the ground and some of my neighbors took me to the boat and we crossed the river to the Bangladesh border. – Hasina Begum	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Then I lost consciousness and I was lying on the ground and some of my neighbors took me to the boat and we crossed the river to the Bangladesh border. – Hasina Begum	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food. – Anthony Bourdain	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It's a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the El Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people, we have 7 confirmed dead, 4 adults and 3 kids, who were already taken to the morgue. – Sergio Cabanas	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It's a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people, we are evacuating and rescuing people and have reports of 20 wounded, six dead and disappeared. – Sergio Cabanas	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
All it takes is one sick person to travel down the Congo River and we can have outbreaks seeded in many different locations ... that can happen at any moment, it's very hard to predict, it is going to be at least weeks and more likely months before we get this outbreak fully under control. – Peter Salama	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It is critical to remember that the Ebola Fast FactsThe current outbreak outbreak in northwest Congo River is not the only challenge this country is facing, there is massive population displacement, food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in the east of the country, and multiple simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, of measles and recently of vaccine-derived poliovirus. – Peter Salama	Found on CNN 5 years ago

On an island in the middle of the mighty Mississippi River, in our nation's heartland, at a time when we must heal the heart of our democracy and renew our commitment to the common good, I stand before you as the granddaughter of an iron ore miner, the daughter of a teacher and a newspaperman, the first woman elected to the United States Senate from the state of Minnesota, to announce my candidacy for president of the United States.

– Amy Klobuchar

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The worst is in Big Black River, Maine, it hit minus 20 (minus 29 Celsius) overnight.

– Jim Hayes

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If I'm a drug company, I think that it costs somewhere, depending on who you speak to, between $ 1.2 and $ 1.8 billion to bring a new drug to market, who would spend that kind of money when some other guy can just get on a boat, ride down a river and grab it off a tree ?

– Dave Herman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Within five minutes of being out on the river, all three rafts capsized, and everyone ended up in the water.

– Anthony Castro

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Nile River Basin's upstream riparian states argue that The Nile Waters Agreements are unfair, inequitable and unsustainable.

– John Mukum Mbaku

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The water in the Cape Fear River next to Duke's Sutton plant had twice as much arsenic in it as the toxic gray coal ash slurry spilling straight out of the pipe into the Dan River in 2014.

– Donna Lisenby

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It will be impossible to capture any true measure of contamination, given the huge flow of water when they were doing this testing, the real question the state is not addressing is if coal ash particles got into the river and the extent of that.

– Avner Vengosh

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Cape Fear River has spilled into Sutton Lake. The Cape Fear River has spilled over into their transmission yard. Duke has evacuated their employees, what we don't know at this point is if any coal ash has filtered into The Cape Fear River.

– Michael Regan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Although river flooding has approached the two inactive coal basins at the facility, it appears there are currently no structural issues with those impoundments.

– Bridget Munger

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Flooding with the Saluda River is always an area of concern and we have had times when it did start to encroach our perimeter.

– John Davis

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's different than other sports, not only is this race difficult and competitive but dangerous. You are there to do the best you can, but you are also trying to stay safe. [ The athletes ] are not OK until they are off the river. That adds a whole other layer of energy to the sport.

– James Byrd

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Today, Lake Turkana gets about 90 % of its water from the SW Ethiopian highlands via the Omo River, and the remaining 10 % from the western Kenyan highlands via the Turkwel and Kerio Rivers. During times past, rainfall in all these areas fluctuated, and Lake Turkana expanded and contracted as weather systems changed.

– Elisabeth Hildebrand

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I was telling my weight lifting coach,' God, I wish I stayed in more contact with the man who baptized me in a Costa Rican river on a reality show, because I would be going to the JB/Hailey frickin ’ wedding,'.

– Spencer Pratt

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The law states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the River Thames, today swan upping is about conservation and education.

– David Barber

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The land ministry has to make their decision after seeing all the requests sent in from around the country. Every area, not just ours, make these requests hoping that our river gets picked, of course, it would have made us very happy if ours had been selected sooner.

– Hiroshi Kono

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Two hours north of Salt Lake City, I went into labor. An hour later, he was born on the interstate and I was rushed to a small, rural hospital, Bear River Valley Hospital. much to everyone’s surprise, he didn’t need any help.

– Larissa McCollum

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We have to be respectful and tolerant, and if someone is in the river, let's move forward.

– Pope Benedict

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I was wounded by a sword to my face, then I lost consciousness and I was lying on the ground and some of my neighbors took me to the boat and we crossed the river to the Bangladesh border.

– Hasina Begum

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Then I lost consciousness and I was lying on the ground and some of my neighbors took me to the boat and we crossed the river to the Bangladesh border.

– Hasina Begum

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If I’m an advocate for anything, it’s to move. As far as you can, as much as you can. Across the ocean, or simply across the river. Walk in someone else’s shoes or at least eat their food.

– Anthony Bourdain

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It's a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the El Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people, we have 7 confirmed dead, 4 adults and 3 kids, who were already taken to the morgue.

– Sergio Cabanas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's a river of lava that overflowed its banks and affected the Rodeo village. There are injured, burned and dead people, we are evacuating and rescuing people and have reports of 20 wounded, six dead and disappeared.

– Sergio Cabanas

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

All it takes is one sick person to travel down the Congo River and we can have outbreaks seeded in many different locations ... that can happen at any moment, it's very hard to predict, it is going to be at least weeks and more likely months before we get this outbreak fully under control.

– Peter Salama

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It is critical to remember that the Ebola Fast FactsThe current outbreak outbreak in northwest Congo River is not the only challenge this country is facing, there is massive population displacement, food insecurity and malnutrition, particularly in the east of the country, and multiple simultaneous outbreaks of cholera, of measles and recently of vaccine-derived poliovirus.

– Peter Salama

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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