Sentences with phrase «devastating crisis»

«In recent years, we have seen the more devastating crises of militancy in the Niger Delta, Boko Haram in the North - East, the Fulani herdsmen and many recurring clashes in the country.

In Fault Lines, Rajan argues that serious flaws in the economy are also to blame, and warns that a potentially more devastating crisis awaits us if they aren't fixed.

Founded in 1951, its organizing document rails against capitalism, asserting that it «has been incapable of satisfying the elementary needs of the world's population... unable to function without devastating crises and mass unemployment... produced social insecurity and glaring contrasts between rich and poor... [and] resorted to imperialist expansion and colonial exploitation.

But had we prioritized clean alternatives first and foremost decades ago and used the others as a filler for gaps everyone could have been covered and we more than likely would have never had to deal with such devastating crisis» as the gulf oil spill or Fukushima.

This region, like much of the country, is experiencing a devastating crisis of opiate and heroin addiction.

The actress followed this up with the gently tragic, slice - of - life drama Fireflies in the Garden (2008), joining Julia Roberts, Ryan Reynolds and Emily Watson in the story of family members who grapple with their feelings of love and commitment to one another when a devastating crisis occurs.

Chastain plays Eleanor, who suffers a devastating crisis in her marriage and responds with a suicide attempt, which ends with her retreating to her childhood home and re-enrolling in college, where she tries to avoid seeing her needy husband, Conor.

A lot of new retirees panicked during that devastating crisis.