sit-skier English

Meaning sit-skier meaning

What does sit-skier mean?

sit-skier noun

— One who rides on a sit-ski.

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Indeed, this scenario could worsen, because Russia is unlikely to sit around idly and watch Ukraine unravel.

In cases of extreme rights abuses, the chance that an international criminal tribunal will ultimately sit in judgment of those principally responsible is growing, thereby becoming a deterrent to would-be tyrants elsewhere.

The only way (in this view) not to win was to sit on the sidelines.

What plays well with one group may not sit well with another.

Let's sit down together like Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta and redesign a twenty-first-century map of Europe.

But we should not sit idly by and refrain from taking sides.

I also sit on the board of 23andMe, co-founded by the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

Indeed, if policymakers continue to sit on their hands, it is not hard to imagine a sharp global slowdown or even a devastating financial crisis.

Still, despite popular demand in Iran, and common strategic interests, it could be years before America and Iran sit down and make amends.

Merkel's new coalition will sit neatly alongside the new Japanese government of Yukio Hatoyama, which is also dedicated to finding a new and peculiarly Japanese model of economic growth.

With little recourse to legal means, an increasing number of frustrated victims of graft resort to extra-legal measures such as strikes, demonstrations, and sit-ins in order to gain media and public attention.

Authorities from these banks' home and host countries must sit down together.

It is time for states to sit down and discuss how to limit this threat to world peace.

In some countries, corporate managers are disciplined by the representatives of large universal banks who sit on corporate boards and vote large blocks of shares.

In these circumstances, Asians cannot afford to sit back and moralize.

Nevertheless, as we sit on the brink of the abyss, it is worth re-examining our assumptions that since poverty breeds conflict, socio-economic development must foster political stability and reduce recourse to violence.

A successful vision has to be attractive to various circles of followers and stakeholders. What plays well with one group may not sit well with another.

True, the New Economy is tough for those who sit on their backsides and live at the expense of stockholders or taxpayers.

Sit-ins, reminiscent of the 18 days of January and February 2011 that ended Mubarak's rule, have already started.

The exam that the government must sit is to use its new powers to appoint widely-respected, impartial members - rather than divisive satraps - to these bodies.

The rest of Asia might be content to sit back and watch the spectacle of Japan's myopic politics if Japan's inability to work to help stabilize the region did not matter so much.