Sentences with phrase «of calamitous consequences»
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McKay contrasts the proud investigative journalism tradition that brought down the Standard Oil monopoly at the turn of the last century and the Nixon presidency in the 1970s with a form of business reporting that has been «notorious for failing to detect bubbles before they burst with calamitous consequences.»
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The recommendation by Bloomberg, under advice from aides to himself on Cuomo, that thousands of elderly, disabled and mentally ill residents remain in more than 40 nursing homes and adult homes in flood - prone areas of New York City had calamitous consequences.
USA Today «s house editorial today bemoans the fact that Climategate «gives ammunitiion to the skeptics,» but concludes that «the overwhelming scientific consensus remains that the Earth is warming, largely because of human activity, with potentially calamitous consequences involving melting ice caps, rising sea levels and shifting agricultural patterns.»
Beginning with just one meter of sea level rise, our nation would be physically under siege, with calamitous and destabilizing consequences.
The consequences of this could be calamitous.
What, then, could have been the cause of this reduced oxygen supply resulting in these calamitous consequences?