Mr. Booker said tension has been rippling through the local community because of competition for the jobs.

WSJ: Gulf's Fishing-for-Fun Culture Also Takes Hit

Grim news on the state of the world's economies sent a crisis of confidence rippling through markets around the globe Friday.

FORBES: Magazine Article

And expectations for more fallout are rippling through the markets.

FORBES: After Bear

It's a shift in thinking that is rippling through places of work, schools and homes as the very fundamentals -- chair at desk -- seem to cause harm when used for the lengths of time now considered normal.

CNN: Sitting for hours can shave years off life

Mr. MIKE ENGLUND (Founder and Director, Action Economics): Overnight, we found banks in Europe, and in France in particular, had liquidity issues, which raised the question: Are the problems we're facing here in the U.S. rippling through across overseas?

NPR: Financial Markets Tumble Amid Credit Crunch

The heady hopes invested in the so-called "Arab Spring" have now been replaced by a guarded optimism - a hope that out of the uncertainty in Egypt, the chaos in Syria and the wider tensions rippling out through the Middle East, something better will come.

BBC: Israeli settlement move risks diplomatic fallout

Near 14th Street, a toe-deep water feature spills over the walkway, encouraging pedestrians to remove their shoes and wade through a rippling pond as a rustic border of cattails catches the breeze.

BBC: Walking New York City��s High Line

Saline implants are more prone to rippling and other texture changes that can sometimes be seen through the skin, surgeons say.

WSJ: Silicone Breast Implants Make a Comeback

They moved slowly through the clogged waters, but the sheer number of boats sent waves rippling across the sound.

WSJ: 3 Children Die After Yacht Capsizes