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A significant attack on the DNS system could cripple the internet, sending the world back to a pre-digital dark age.

In what will be interpreted as a significant attack on a government policy which has been heavily informed by the TCPA's work, Ellis said "genuinely affordable housing for all budgets" was essential for the new towns to be considered garden cities, comparable with Letchworth and Welwyn which were founded to Howard's principles in the early part of the 20th century.

What if, heaven forbid, there is a significant attack on America or its interests?

WASHINGTON ― The former acting director of the CIA said Sunday that Russia's interference in the 2016 elections constituted a significant attack on the United States, calling it "the political equivalent of 9/11".

Were there to be any significant attack on the power grid, it wouldn't be something kept secret and only whispered about by a few in-the-know spy chasers.

While the appeal target is modest compared to Save the Children's international humanitarian appeals, the campaign will be seen as a symbolically significant attack on what the charity says is the coalition's failure to tackle mounting poverty, hardship and inequality in the UK.

In the event of a significant attack, Mr. Oliveira noted, the Americans were counting on the February 17th Brigade to rush to their aid, as it had during the June 6 bombing.

Counter-mining actions were undertaken, but on 29 May a significant attack was put in against the 15th Battalion's position and they were briefly forced back before restoring the situation with a strong counterattack.

But a mobilization of volunteer Shiite fighters deterred any significant attacks on the capital.

It was the first significant attack on a convoy in Logar Province, south of Kabul, in the past 18 months, said the provincial governor's spokesman, Din Mohammed Darwish.

In another significant attack, on April 29, missiles fired from a C.I.A. Predator killed Abu Sulayman al-Jazairi, an Algerian Qaeda planner who American intelligence officials say they believe helped train operatives for attacks in Europe and the United States.