Sentences with phrase «verge of disaster»

A decade ago the country seemed on the verge of disaster with the FARC on the ascendancy, but now the war there is all but over.

If you start the clock in 2007, we are nearing a decade of talking about the U.S. economy as either being on the verge of disaster, in the throes of the worst recession since the Great Depression, or stuck in an endless and disappointing recovery.

The Pentagon alone has made 3,500 loans and subsidies to shore up small firms on the verge of disaster.

In Trump's home state, the New York Republican Party is on the verge of disaster.

«It's a mess... it's on the verge of a disaster now because the question being asked by my custody sergeants is «what do we do, boss?»»

In President Donald Trump's home state, the New York Republican Party is on the verge of disaster.

I believe New York is on the verge of a disaster if we the people don't stand up and do something about it.

Wilke often placed these objects in compromising situations — hinged with pins or glued to walls and boards, placed freely on the floor, always seemingly on the verge of disaster.

She juxtaposes appropriated images of women from the postwar era with AP photographs of natural elements, such as fire, ice, and water in compelling compositions that seem to teeter on the verge of disaster.

Its former chief executive officer made a series of unfortunate decisions which left the Plano, Texas - based company reeling on the verge of disaster.