Sentence examples for avoid cataclysm from inspiring English sources

Fortunately, this change is occurring slowly enough to avoid cataclysm.

"The Fed will act sooner rather than later," said Jeremy Baldwin of First State Investments, arguing that a rate cut would avoid a "cataclysm".

But just avoiding that cataclysm is not enough.

If the Coalition avoids that cataclysm then the liberalism of both options - David Cameron and Ed Miliband - will cancel each other out.

The stakes are high: failure to agree on the former would prompt the government to suspend all but its most basic functions; neglecting the latter would entail defaulting on America's debts.Republican leaders say they want to avoid any such cataclysms, but are also insisting on cuts.

The CATF notes, "It is now well established in climate science that CO2 emissions globally must stop, by the middle of this century, to avoid the worst cataclysms of global warming".

If the debt ceiling is increased, avoiding a potential cataclysm — an outcome cherished by more than a few Tea Party-affiliated House Republicans — the president has a chance to stay on the offensive on the deficit issue, particularly if he offers significant budget cuts and revenue increases now and next year that are supported by the public.

Rhodesia thus avoided the economic cataclysm predicted by Wilson and gradually became more self-sufficient.

Through this and a series of similar operations, which Salisbury called "sanction-busting", Rhodesia avoided the economic cataclysm predicted by Wilson, and, with the help of South Africa and Portugal, gradually became more self-sufficient.

Meanwhile, scores of smaller companies and startups are putting emergency plans into place to avoid a Year 2000 computer cataclysm.

So yes, we can well afford to borrow more to avoid the worst of this year's cataclysm - and that is the right thing to do.