If it is really the seat of Europe, its axe of foundation, its symbolic and imaginary double name, its profane religion that are struck to the quick, none of these measures will suffice, not one of these ligatures will reshape the world of Europe, and there is no reform that will succeed in staving off the anticipated catastrophe.
No wonder Velvet is manipulative; no wonder her mother punishes her, while constantly anticipating catastrophe; no wonder Ginger worries herself into a frenzy of activity and anxiety around her.
Nevertheless, the pattern of adhesion was so specific that kept the pus out of her intestinal loops and salvaged her from the anticipated abdominal catastrophe.
[Page A1.] The $13 billion pet food industry expects heightened inspections and more paperwork, but few companies anticipate a catastrophe to their bottom lines as a result of the nation's first case of mad cow disease.
If and when the Universal Credit IT catastrophe anticipated by the National Audit Office comes to pass, will George explain why, as the second most powerful minister in the Government, he stood by and permitted a man he regards as a bit thick such power over the lives of the most vulnerable?
Hence, the question with respect to future disasters is not if but when, and failure to plan for and anticipate future catastrophes will only compound and augment the damage, whether it results from a hurricane, an earthquake, a bioterrorist attack, famine, or a viral pandemic.
Its delivery of bad news is strangely uniform in tone, given the vast difference in scale among the catastrophes anticipated here.
One can only conclude that Osborne anticipates a financial catastrophe of such vast and hideous dimensions that, when the time comes to disclaim all responsibility, only this mistress of obfuscation will do.
This is not a catastrophe to be anticipated with dread, as it is in most other end-of-days movies.
"No one could have anticipated the enormity of the humanitarian catastrophe that is now unfolding.
This includes catastrophes related to extreme weather events, which are anticipated to increase in frequency in the coming years.
