The last time we heard from Metallica, in 2003, they presented the world with St Anger, an album so badly produced, toothless and ill-conceived – exacerbated by the toe-curling Spinal Tap squabbling of the accompanying Some Kind of Monster documentary – that fans of 20 years standing were forced to rethink their loyalty to the band.
If you get discouraged, remember how badly animals are treated, how poverty is exacerbated by high level meat production and how the environment can benefit from less meat eating.
Tensions between Tehran and Riyadh have been rising after the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia cleric on New Year's Day, which has exacerbated the fragile status of a region already badly struck by sectarianism.
Heading straight into the mouth of the canal, guided by a flare dropped by the launch, Vindictive became an instant target of the German batteries and was badly damaged, the shellfire exacerbating the damage suffered in the earlier Zeebrugge Raid and seriously damaging Vindictives port propeller.
The shock to Vonn, who has been racing the clock to recover from a badly bruised right shin, was that, even in bumpy conditions that exacerbated the pain in her leg, she was able to record the fastest time (1 minute 30.75 seconds) in the morning run, which covered most of the downhill.
AOL Time Warner Inc., the world's biggest media company, announced yesterday that it would badly miss its financial goals for the year, largely because the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks exacerbated the erosion of the advertising market.
The army's difficulties were exacerbated by a number of factors, including a quartermaster's department that had been badly mismanaged by one of Washington's political opponents, Thomas Mifflin, and the preference of farmers and merchants to sell their goods to the British for hard currency instead of the nearly worthless Continental currency.
David Bowie, a man ahead of the curve in looking after his financial interests, might well have prepared thoroughly, but you only need to look at the ongoing court battles over who should benefit from the estate of Prince – exacerbated by the fact that he left no will and had no known children – to see how a badly managed estate can cause chaos.
The recession exacerbated things.
