No one wants to be hit by a secret sleeper, such as a devastating new wrinkle in chemical warfare.
The committee report served as a devastating indictment of the agencies and their departing leader, George J. Tenet.
It was, he said, "an avoidable tragedy that has served as a devastating reminder for what happens when health systems are weak".
Amnesty International described the decision as a "devastating blow for the victims of the serious human rights violations committed during the conflict" in Guatemala.
Although Crimea provides access to the Black Sea and brings in tourist money as well as some industry and agriculture, the loss of 4% of the population would hardly count as a devastating economic blow to Ukraine.
Just over a year ago, thousands of fans who showed up at Busch Stadium for a Cardinals game had to hunker down in the concourse as a devastating storm swept through the region, including a tornado that hit the airport.
As a devastating human disease, cancer kills millions of people each year.
In contrast, PED has emerged as a devastating disease causing substantial economic losses in Asia and North America over the last years [ 8, 9].
TC is known to involve psychic or physical stressors such as a devastating disaster, but those clinical features have been not fully investigated.
He thus came to public notice as a devastating critic of Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), the zoologist at the nearby University of Jena and the world's leading systematizer and propagandist of Darwinism.
In contrast, PED has emerged as a devastating enteric disease causing severe economic losses in other major swine-producing countries, notably the United States and Asia, within the last years [ 6, 7].
