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Sentence Examples However, in traditional Indian communities in the sierra, the first language is Quichua, although they may also speak Spanish. After a few small, technical climbs, I lit out through the hills, following the scree-filled trail through the sierra. The upland plateau known as the sierra represents about one-fourth of Peru's land and holds a majority of the country's population. And now, sierra Leoneans will face jail time if caught burying Ebola victims. The northern skyline is dominated by the sierra of the northern Pennines. One boat of women spent the day in the gulf rather than offshore and caught bonito, sierra mackerel, African pompano, yellow tails and, after an hour's fight, a stingray. Handicrafts in the high sierra around Creel are more rustic. Tributaries of the Amazon River have a much larger flow, and are longer and less steep once they exit the sierra. Many boats from San Carlos make a beeline to the rugged upthrust of San Pedro Nolasco Island, where the phenomenon brings sierra, dorado, and snapper to the surface. We're fishing for barred pargo, sierra mackerel, jack crevalle, cabrilla, pompano, roosterfish, and who knows what else in the fish menagerie in the Sea of Cortez. Castro, at the drums, has propelled the famed High Sierra Jazz Band for almost two decades. Sierra Leone was the object of similar plunder, leaving an acephalous state in rampant disorder only to be stabilised by British Tommies. The plateau is enclosed by two mountain chains, the Sierra Madre Oriental to the east and Sierra Madre Occidental to the west. In the east, the Sierra Maestra mountain range is beautiful and full of endemic species. It's like a whirlwind version of The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, but with more characters banging about and fewer insights into them. The Sierra Club remains the largest and most effective grassroots conservation organization in the world. Along with The Sierra Club, it is lobbying to have the fish farms moved inland, away from sea lion temptation. The Sierra Nevada is particularly rich in them, with 50 varieties unique to the mountains. Sierra also led all qualifiers with a 1.067 slugging percentage last week, and he posted a.500 on-base percentage. It will be given a tender from another departed locomotive and regain its former Sierra appearance. Show More Sentences The successful naturalization of trout in the barren waters of the Sierra comes close to the ideal of humanity improving nature. He said he saw the Sierra approaching at speed and saw the offside and then nearside wheels leave the road. And there are beautiful uncluttered slopes for skiing and snowboarding nearby in the Sierra Nevadas. In West Africa British possessions were limited to the settlement of Sierra Leone, and trading posts on the Gambia and Gold Coast. She runs a center that provides counseling and training for young women from around Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. When Geronimo surrendered, a small group of Apaches escaped to the Sierra Madre of northern Mexico. An avid shutterbug, Paul has been able to expand his interest in photography as a leader on Sierra Club trips. The Sierra Club works with the Oceanic Society to survey nesting patterns of many bird species here, and also aids in spinner dolphin research. In the Sierra Nevada's Owens Valley, though, he is bitterly regarded as the villain who stole farmers' water and drove them to ruin. Two police officers gave chase in a squad car after the driver of a Ford Sierra failed to stop when requested at around 11.30 am. Those in control of their haciendas, called hacendados, treated people on their lands by a system known in the Sierra as the huasipungo. It is never safe to flash wads of cash or walk around drunk in the middle of the night, whether in Sweden or Sierra Leone. For almost all Sierra Leoneans, rice is the staple food, consumed at virtually every meal. The trip in March 2005 includes five days and nights in the Sierra del Escambray mountains and treks through limestone canyons. Farms unfurled to the Bays of Pollenca and Alcudia as one last surge of Sierra forked into capes Pinar and Formentor. In 1984, he was made an officer of the Order of the Rokel of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the country's highest accolade. From safaris to ski tours to revegetation projects, Sierra Club Outings has a trip for you. Then, as the highway approaches Three Rivers, the view opens to encompass the snow-covered Sierra. An unseasonably early and severe storm caught several climbers by surprise in the Sierra Nevada. Indeed, the effect of the Internet on a largely oral society like Sierra Leone will be profound. Show More Sentences She chose Sierra Leone from four options offered her by aid charity Voluntary Service Overseas. Native people of Amazonia and the Sierra prepare chicha, a brew made from manioc and maize, respectively. One thing that we have gained as a party is the respect of the Sierra Leonean people. Just like many homebrewers, the folks at Sierra Nevada are true hopheads, and no one has ever accused them of being stingy with the hops. Five pitches later, Sierra chopped a pitch that a charging Millar fielded halfway between first and home. The pair swopped glamour for grind as they undertook the 80 mile journey through the Sierra del Escambray mountain range this month. Facing four switch-hitters in a row, it wouldn't have mattered much, as he worked through the tenth allowing only a Sierra single. Many Sierra Leonean music and dance traditions are kept alive by the dance company. The Sierra codex was a document written by the master historian and master of deception, Crassus Syra, a runaway from home disguised as a man. A rich variety of proverbs exist in the Sierra Leonean languages, and witty exchanges of proverbs are a conversational tradition. This is the festive season where Sierra Leoneans often celebrate with families in a flamboyant and joyous manner. The project is a big boost to the community and that the whole area would attract a lot of Sierra Leoneans once work officially commences. Another health issue affecting the Sierra Leonean American population has been the controversy surrounding the practice of female circumcision. Religious pilgrims are trampling the grounds of the El Carmen monastery in the Sierra del Nixcongo Mountains near Mexico City. For example, among the Mende of Sierra Leone, boys must be initiated into the Poro Society before they are recognized as adults. He saw action in many theatres and was awarded Operational Service Medals for Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq. Wildlife smuggling in Nepal is what blood diamonds are to Sierra Leone, or the Ivory Coast. They're actual legal postage in Sierra Leone and recognized by every postal authority around the world. As the bus heads on into the pine-clad foothills of Sierra Madre mountains, I think back to how my quest began. The Badwater Ultramarathon follows a 135-mile route through California, from the bottom of Death Valley to the Sierra Nevadas. Show More Sentences High Sierra was the last time Bogart's name would not be listed first in film credits. This trip is for people in their 20s and 30s looking for a fun-filled, high-energy, High Sierra backpack adventure. Trevelez is, perhaps, Spain's highest village, the gateway to the Upper Sierra Nevada and the winter ski-slopes, and was as high as I drove. Sailplane pilots dream of gliding in the Andes, Sierra Nevada and over Jondaryan. The California gold rush prompted a frenzied mass movement of people toward the Sierra Nevada. In 1808 Sierra Leone became a British crown colony, ruled under a colonial governor. Krio is spoken as a mother tongue by some 250,000 people in and around Freetown and by many more Sierra Leoneans as a second language. Indeed, rice is what forms the special link between the Gullah and the people of Sierra Leone. Who better to instigate this investigation than a disinterested neutral party like the Sierra Club? Sierra and Dominic were having a little trouble with the septuplets, you might wanna plug your ears. For the name of the winner, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Sierra. Last year the World Bank lent Sierra Leone a million dollars for a credit scheme, when the exchange rate was seven leones to the dollar. Working in Sierra Leone, she found horrific decay among the children whose teeth she examined. Our journey takes us through about 41 miles of incredible Sierra terrain, high alpine passes, glistening lakes, and snow-dotted mountains. The pine forests of the Sierra Juarez depend upon fire for successful regrowth. In the phonetic alphabet, my initials are Sierra Echo, what is yours? Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale is a winter-time favorite, a zestily hopped ale that briskly wakes your tastebuds. Krio is spoken in Sierra Leone and also around Banjul in the Gambia, as well as on the island of Ngueyma Byogo in Equatorial Guinea. These two Tennessee-born wranglers have spent the past 20 years riding the southern Sierra. The new troops will train 1,000 raw recruits for the Sierra Leone army at a special camp. Show More Sentences Where the wider skis like the Chubbs stand out is in the windslab, breakable crust, Sierra cement type conditions. The Sierra Club and allied organizations have intervened in support of the Park Service. The white Ford Sierra was used in three ram raids before ending up burnt-out in Beare Heath, four miles south of Dorking. The next day, Sierra watched her sister get ready to meet her secret admirer. The Sierra Nevada casts a rain shadow over the region to the east of that mountain range. Sierra tossed and turned, begging for sleep that refused to come. There are now 125 confirmed or reported cases in four West African nations, including Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone. His colleagues Carlos Costa, Gustavo Giombini Moser, and Marta Sierra never came back. Beagle and her ship's company of 37 have spent more than nine months away from their Devonport base, surveying in Sierra Leone and the Arabian Gulf. Perhaps shrinking membership in the League of Women Voters and the Shriners is offset by membership gains in the Sierra Club or the American Association of Retired Persons. A whirl of activity on and off the slopes, Kathy heads the local chapter of Disabled Sports, Eastern Sierra region. In the 1890s, Norwegian anthropologist Carl Lumholtz set out to explore the Sierra Madre Occidental, a mountain chain that runs from Arizona to central Mexico. After slacking it off for a bit Sierra decided to start on it. In Ludwig's design, conference rooms will look out to the southwest, so that the people in them can watch the snow fall on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas. Swinging mightily but coming up nearly empty, Sierra topped a ball which sputtered down the third base line, when Rivera was hit with yet another brain cramp. It is this part of the late doctor's story that Sierra Leoneans will remember in the end, says Pratt. The plants growing about the Picachos de Santa Clara are more robust and less surculose than those in the Sierra Vizcaino proper and resemble A. gigantensis. In 1635, two Spanish ships carried West African peoples captured from the Yoruba, Ibo, and Ashanti tribes of what is now Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Most Sierra Leoneans are illiterate and have few job choices. Most Sierra Leonean colonists, for instance, did not come from America. Show More Sentences The Municipio of Alamos lies in southeast Sonora, within the physiographic provinces of the Sierra Madre Occidental and the arid western coastal plains of the state of Sonora. It's election fever in the streets of Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown. The white perched villages of the High Sierra, like Grazalema, are still a couple of centuries behind in pace and are all within a day's drive of the coastal fleshpots. Numbers of natives, especially Tarahumara, moved into the deep recesses of the western cordillera of the Sierra Madre to escape the Spanish demands for labor. By now they would be on the high crags or over the Sierra crest. In 65 chapters and hundreds of local Groups spanning 21 ecoregions and two Nations, Sierra Club members are hard at Work protecting our natural heritage. In Phantom, his co-star will be Sierra Boggess, who played his daughter in The Little Mermaid. I found some Western Sierra wholewheat pitta breads in the freezer. Sierra crimsoned and picked up a bigger box on the next shelf. Chernon Bah, co-founder of A World at School, was alarmed by what she witnessed recently in Sierra Leone. People on the streets of Havana cheered and celebrated the return of fighters from the Sierra Maestra. He traveled 14 hours from Sierra Leone to attend the CGI conference this week. The deal will also fund programs in the zone containing the Sierra de las Minas Biosphere Reserve, home to quetzal birds, manatees, and hundreds of other animal species. The water ouzel is one of the more unusual birds on the Eastern Sierra. Sierra had clung to life for seven weeks before finally succumbing to her wound. Such is the Sierra Leonean way, the most tolerant, compassionate, and friendly people I have found anywhere. And since the arrival of the British troops the number of UN peace keepers in Sierra Leone has doubled to 11,000, and the rebel advance has been turned into retreat. One of the plaintiffs in that litigation, the conservationist Sierra Club, has filed a motion to recuse Scalia from further participation in the case. The sludge was sent by rail and spread around on a defunct resort ranch near Sierra Blanca. His ex-wife, Andrea, re-enters Tyrone's life, bringing with her a proposal to write a book about Sierra, his daughter and a martyr of the movement. Show More Sentences An estimated 400 000 people have fled into neighbouring Sierra Leone, Guinea and Ivory Coast and have been languishing in refugee camps, the sites of frequent unrest. He had spent the last two days lost in the Sierra Nevada mountains enduring subfreezing temperatures, with only a crudely built lean-to shelter and no food. Some even saw it as an American plot to export infected monkeys to Sierra Leone. The court also found that Taylor participated in the planning of attacks, including one on the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown. It seems like a personal one for you, since your parents are from Sierra Leone and Ghana. Later she explains why typical forms of greeting in Sierra Leone, such as shaking hands and hugging, are no longer acceptable. Bradt Travel is bringing out the first guidebook dedicated solely to Sierra Leone. Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone do not have the staff, stuff and systems required to halt the outbreak on their own. As Kaci Hickox treated patients in Sierra Leone, she faced the heartbreaking task of caring for children who died in front of her. These companies include SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, Sierra Nevada Space Systems, and more. He does a nice business in his 60-seat taproom and goes through 2 half-barrels of Sierra Nevada Celebration a week during peak winter beer season. By horseback and hoof, Twain takes us from the Mormon Theocracy of Utah to the wide-open craziness in the Sierra mining fields. The driver of the Sierra was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. At the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Richard Lussick read the verdict to about 80 spellbound listeners. Sierra knew that tears were flowing down her cheeks as she looked at the picture of her terror-stricken sister with acceptance of death in her eyes. Last autumn found me on a grueling research trip in the eastern Sierra, hauling heavy video equipment cross-country over loose scree and high passes. In Sierra Leone, the group reported less than 10 physicians per 100,000 inhabitants. Similarly, the Mende rice cultivators in Sierra Leone live from the forest but do not see themselves as standing over it, either to exploit or to conserve it. A light green Nissan Almera and a red Ford Sierra, heading towards Topcliffe, were in collision with an HGV tipper truck, heading towards Northallerton. Also mixed in the melange are sandy limestone and serpentine, as well as sediments that eroded off a precursor of our present Sierra Nevada Range. Show More Sentences Two other First Ladies involved are Sia Nyama Koroma from Sierra Leone and Mathato Mosisili from Lesotho. The Sierra Club did not like this connection and in 1970 The Don't Make a Wave Committee was established for the protest. The constitution of Sierra Leone provides for freedom of religion and the Sierra Leone Government generally protects it. The Sierra Leone Government is constitutionally forbidden from establishing a state religion. Even during the Sierra Leonean Civil War people were never targeted because of their religion. The two largest mosques in Sierra Leone are the Freetown Central Mosque and the Ghadafi Central Mosque, both located in the capital Freetown. Sierra Leone is home to about sixteen ethnic groups, each with its own language. The Temne predominate in the Northern Sierra Leone and the areas around the capital of Sierra Leone. They began moving into Sierra Leone slowly and peacefully in the eighteenth century. Sierra Leone's current president Ernest Bai Koroma is the first ethnic Temne to be elected to the office. They have no tradition of origin, and it is believed that they have lived in Sierra Leone since before the European encounter. The Limba are primarily found in Northern Sierra Leone, particularly in Bombali, Kambia and Koinadugu District. Since Independence, the Limba have traditionally been very influential in Sierra Leone's politics, along with the Mende. Sierra Leone's first and second presidents, Siaka Stevens and Joseph Saidu Momoh, respectively, were both ethnic Limba. Sierra Leone's current Defense Minister Alfred Paolo Conteh is an ethnic Limba. Next in proportion are the Kono, who live primarily in Kono District in Eastern Sierra Leone. The Krio have traditionally dominated Sierra Leone's judiciacy and Freetown's elected city council. An example of a Class A office building constructed over a landfill is the Dakin Building at Sierra Point, Brisbane, California. The Sierra Nevada range creates the same effect in North America forming the Great Basin and Mojave Deserts. The Loko in the north are native people of Sierra Leone, believed to have lived in Sierra Leone since the time of European encounter. Show More Sentences Native to Sierra Leone, they have occupied Sherbro Island since it was founded. Another protected area is the federal Biosphere Reserve of La Sierra Gorda. Sierra Leone suffers from epidemic outbreaks of diseases, including yellow fever, cholera, lassa fever and meningitis. According to 2010 estimates, Sierra Leone has the 5th highest maternal mortality rate in the world. Water supply in Sierra Leone is characterised by limited access to safe drinking water. Rice is the staple food of Sierra Leone and is consumed at virtually every meal daily. Media in Sierra Leone began with the introduction of the first printing press in Africa at the start of the 19th century. A population in the Sierra de Gredos mountain range is facing predation by otters and increased competition from the frog Pelophylax perezi. The United Kingdom began a military intervention in Sierra Leone on 7 May 2000 under the codename Operation Palliser. The arts in Sierra Leone are a mixture of tradition and hybrid African and western styles. The Sierra Leone national football team, popularly known as the Leone Stars, represents the country in international competitions. Many of the national team footballers are celebrities across Sierra Leone and they are often well known by the general population. The Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range reach similar altitudes as the Rocky Mountains, but are significantly smaller. Fourteen clubs from across the country compete in the Sierra Leone Premier League. The Sierra Leone cricket team represents Sierra Leone in international cricket competitions, and is among the best in West Africa. On the same day, the RUF's leader, Foday Sankoh, was captured by Sierra Leonean forces, leaving the RUF in disarray. Current NBA youngstar Victor Oladipo is of Sierra Leonean descent, as his father is a native of Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone became the first African country to join International Floorball Federation. By late 1958 the rebels had broken out of the Sierra Maestra and launched a general popular insurrection. The cloud forest of Sierra de las Minas, Guatemala, is the largest in Central America. Show More Sentences There are important Peruvian colonies in La Paz, El Alto and Santa Cruz de la Sierra. In the northern part of the Andes, the isolated Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta range is often considered to be part of the Andes. The Tairona inhabited northern Colombia in the isolated mountain range of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He sailed with three ships for the Caribbean via Sierra Leone, hijacked a Portuguese slave ship and sold the 300 slaves from it in Santo Domingo. Located in between the Sierra Madre and the Cordillera Central mountain ranges is the large Cagayan Valley. Some of the earlier freedmen had migrated to Sierra Leone in the late 18th century, when it was established as a British colony. The Sierra Madre mountain range continues to stretch across the western section of Central Luzon, snaking southwards into the Bicol Peninsula. Oldman participated in the creation of The Legend of Spyro games, produced by Sierra Entertainment. One reason for this is the rivers that flow from the Sierra region and the Usuamacinta River. Petroglyphs on a rock wall found in the Sierra Madre mountain range, Rizal, Philippines. There was also a maintenance and training battalion deployed in Sierra Leone. Beyond the valleys lie the Sierra Nevada in the south and the Cascade Range in the north. The Maya highlands extend eastwards from Chiapas into Guatemala, reaching their highest in the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes. The topography changes drastically, rising from the narrow coastal plains to the highlands of the eastern Sierra Madre. All of the rivers and streams that cross the state begin in the Sierra Madre Oriental or in the Central Mesa, flowing east to the Gulf of Mexico. Sierra Leone has a tropical climate, with a diverse environment ranging from savannah to rainforests. Veracruz cuisine divides into six regions called Sotavento, Centro Norte, Centro Sur, Sierra, Costa Norte, and Los Tuxtlas. To the north of the port city is the Sierra or Totonacalpan area of the state, home to the Totonac people. Sierra Leone became independent from the United Kingdom on 27 April 1961 led by Sir Milton Margai. The current constitution of Sierra Leone was adopted in 1991, though it has been amended several times. Show More Sentences The backbone of the state is the Sierra de Baja California, where the Picacho del Diablo, the highest point of the peninsula, is located. Another group of people were the Guachimis, who came from the north and created much of the Sierra de Guadalupe cave paintings. The most notable ranges of these mountains are the Sierra de Juarez and the Sierra de San Pedro Martir. From 1991 to 2002, the Sierra Leone civil war was fought and devastated the country. The highest mountain in the Sierra de los Cucapah is the Cerro del Centinela or Mount Signal. The change of altitude towards the Sierra de Baja California creates an alpine climate in this region. In Sierra Leone in the 19th century about half of the population consisted of slaves. Kabbah's ruling Sierra Leone People's Party also won majority seats in Parliament. The altitude of this area varies from 1,800 to peaks over 2,900 meters such as the La Giganta and La Sierra del Cubo mountains. The Sierra Gorda is part of the Sierra Madre Occidental, with extreme variations in its geography and climate. The Sierra Central is a series of low, gentle mountains in the center of the state which are part of the Sierra Madre Occidental. The state has three main geographical regions, the Sierra Madre Occidental in the west, the Mexican Plateau and the Sierra Madre Oriental. Most of it is in the Sierra Madre Occidental with highly rugged with peaks of over 2,500 meters above sea level. About sixteen ethnic groups inhabit Sierra Leone, each with its own language and customs. Some of the communities were broken up and the British deported Maroons to Nova Scotia and, later, Sierra Leone. Many of the founders were also involved in creating the Sierra Leone Company and the Society for the Education of Africans. Many of their descendants still live in Sierra Leone, as well as other African countries. Sierra Leone has a significant minority of the Krio people, who are descendants of freed African American and West Indian slaves. The Sierra Nevada range creates the same effect in North America, causing the Great Basin desert, Mojave Desert, and Sonoran Desert. Most rainshadows in the western United States are due to the Sierra Nevada and Cascades. Show More Sentences Margai used his conservative ideology to lead Sierra Leone without much strife. Sierra Leone is regarded as one of the most religiously tolerant nations in the world. Sierra was reportedly fully clothed with her earrings and bracelet intact. The Pine Tree project will supply Los Angeles with power from 80 giant wind turbines in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Sierra Leone has relied on mining, especially diamonds, for its economic base. Sierra Leone became a republic in 1971, and Stevens was installed as its first president. Senior officers thus advised the government that an operation in Sierra Leone was feasible. Sierra manages the bank's operation with a network of seven branches, a few overseas offices with only 300 people on payroll, mostly Andorrans. In 1896 it annexed these areas, declaring them the Sierra Leone Protectorate. Zeugma Systems is led by Andrew Harries, co-founder, President and CEO and who previously co-founded Sierra Wireless Inc. A notable event in 1935 was the granting of a monopoly on mineral mining to the Sierra Leone Selection Trust, run by De Beers. The brutal civil war that was going on in neighbouring Liberia played a significant role in the outbreak of fighting in Sierra Leone. A ski and snowboard week held in the jagged Sierra Nevada mountain range. In May 1962, Sierra Leone held its first general election as an Independent nation. Over the following days, there was debate within the British government as to what the aims of a military deployment to Sierra Leone would be. Jugger Not has the gearbox of a cement mixer, parts of a Sierra, a VW Polo, a gritting lorry and a Leyland bus in it. In the northern district of Kabala, the only part of Sierra Leone not to be touched by the epidemic, residents were upbeat about the campaign. The ranch, just off Sierra Highway, has been home to Inner City Slickers, a program similar to Carousel's but geared to inner-city youngsters. The Royal Marines of 40 Commando had the advantage of being supported by Centurion tanks as they landed on Sierra Red beach. Success in Sierra Leone encouraged the Blair government to continue its support to Africa, particularly with regard to resolving conflicts. Show More Sentences President Momoh named James Bambay Kamara as the head of the Sierra Leone Police. In 1953, Sierra Leone was granted local ministerial powers and Margai was elected Chief Minister of Sierra Leone. Arval has selected Sierra Wireless device-to-cloud technology to build its new global telematics solution. Unlike Afghanistan and Iraq, the intervention in Sierra Leone was widely regarded as successful. The resulting concentration near Gibraltar resulted in a series of battles around the Gibraltar and Sierra Leone convoys. Krio is still spoken in Sierra Leone, West Africa and is sometimes referred to as patois. As head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces, Major General Momoh was very loyal to Stevens, who had appointed him to the position. On 27 April 1961, Sir Milton Margai led Sierra Leone to independence from Great Britain and became the country's first Prime Minister. The new constitution ensured Sierra Leone a parliamentary system within the Commonwealth of Nations. From the shy folk of the Sierra and jungle, to the bolshy, party-loving Limenans and laid-back criollos, all share a huge pride in their country. This patient was exposed to Lassa virus while working on an aid programme in Sierra Leone. He was Major General Joseph Saidu Momoh, the head of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces and Stevens' own choice to succeed him. The 1978 constitution made the APC the only legal political party in Sierra Leone. In 2008, the permanent British contingent in Sierra Leone was reduced to 100 personnel. The Eastern Sierra might not offer maple syrup, but there is enough fall color to satisfy the most dedicated leaf peeper. Taking the latter, I will say Sankoh's death is untimely because he did not face God's judgement on earth as Sierra Leoneans had hoped. The Spanish rendering of this geographic formation is Sierra Leona, which later was adapted and, misspelled, became the country's current name. In 1977, a nationwide student demonstration against the government disrupted Sierra Leone politics. In fact, only Gambia, Sierra Leone, and Mauritius retained their Dominion status for more than three years. The drilling program currently includes plans to drill wells in the South Sierra, Nag, Bow Shock and Sumatra prospects. Show More Sentences For figures from John Muir to Ansel Adams and beyond, the Sierra Nevada has long been a locus classicus of the American wilderness sublime. Sierra Leone retained a parliamentary system of government and was a member of the Commonwealth of Nations. This would imply that the identity of the person who named Sierra Leone still remains unclear. They took large numbers of UN personnel prisoner, and then began to advance into areas previously controlled by the Sierra Leone government. To maintain the support of the military, Stevens retained the popular John Amadu Bangura as the head of the Sierra Leone Armed Forces. The most popular pencil wood, incense cedar, is found in the forests of California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. The government was seeking an exit strategy that would end a politically unpopular deployment without abandoning Sierra Leone. After new measurements of the Sierra snowpack, the figure increased this week to 35 percent. Sierra On-Line, located in Oakhurst, develops and publishes entertainment and educational software products for home computers. If you decide to go native, Sierra giant pipe vine or Dutchman's pipe, is worth consideration. Since the conflict in Sierra Leone, diamond-producing countries have pulled together to end the trade of blood diamonds. The croakers, drums and meagres are the most important sciaenid species in Sierra Leone. Mano River Union is a regional organisation made up of Cote d Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. Chemical composition of ten samples of the Sierra de San Miguel Complex was analyzed. The first leg takes place in Mbabane, Swaziland on Sunday with the return leg in Freetown, Sierra Leone, 12 days later. The well-heeled and unhooded types showed up for a May conference in Sierra Vista, Ariz. April 16, 1979 Monksfield, Tied Cottage, Dulcify and High Sierra scored big-race victories in four different countries. He suggested that, had the British forces been defeated, the United Kingdom would have been forced to withdraw all its forces from Sierra Leone. He edged the third and it seemed Sierra Leone-born Bundu, 39, was beginning to tire as the hectic early pace subsided. The event is visible in south-west Africa, central South America, Sierra Leone, Liberia and the southern half of the Ivory Coast. Show More Sentences In Westminster, meanwhile, opposition politicians renewed their objection to the continued presence of British forces in Sierra Leone. He won with his portrait of a Sierra Leonean soldier, taken whilst he was deployed to Sierra Leone as part of a Combat Camera Team. Second, the stories of health care workers, particularly the Sierra Leonean Nurse Rebecca Johnson who caught the virus but recovered. In Sierra Leone they were called the Nova Scotian Settlers, the Nova Scotians, or the Settlers. The Sierra Leone Company, controlled by London investors, refused to allow the settlers to take freehold of the land. For most Sierra Leoneans, Norman is a war hero and not a villain because he sacrificed his life for the people by fighting to restore democracy. All Sierra Leoneans, both old and young, must feel a sense of shame for betraying mother Sierra Leone. Sierra Leoneans are angry at what appears to be the inability of the government to bring peace to the country. On 1 January 1808, Thomas Ludlam, the Governor of the Sierra Leone Company and a leading abolitionist, surrendered the Company's charter. The box proved its worth on a California quail outing in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The experience in Sierra Leone proved the effectiveness of relatively small numbers of well trained and equipped soldiers. A 2015 study in the Journal of Strategic Studies finds that the intervention in Sierra Leone was a success. Between 1991 and 2001, about 50,000 people were killed in Sierra Leone's civil war. In 2000, four Tearfund staff were kidnapped whilst performing charity work in Sierra Leone. In August 2007, Sierra Leone held presidential and parliamentary elections. Many of the Sierra Nevada fans have associated perennial streams fed by rainfall, snowmelt or glacial icemelt in the catchments. By the end of 2014 there were nearly 3000 deaths and 10 thousand cases of the disease in Sierra Leone. The national capital Freetown sits on a coastal peninsula, situated next to the Sierra Leone Harbour, the world's third largest natural harbour. To the east of the Sierra Nevada are Owens Valley and Mono Lake, an essential migratory bird habitat. Until 2002, Sierra Leone lacked a forest management system because of the civil war that caused tens of thousands of deaths. Find more words! 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