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"The economic downturn has been devastating for all of us — however, it has been particularly devastating for those who for the past two years have been out of work known as the 99ers," said Lee in a statement Friday, after the president signed legislation preserving the 99 weeks for an additional 13 months and tax cuts for the rich for two years.

Mass incarceration has been particularly devastating for blacks and members of other minority groups, as well as for the poor generally.

Examples of agents that have been particularly devastating for colonies in Europe and North America include the nonnative parasites Varroa destructor and Tropilaelaps clareae.

The shortage has been particularly devastating for people who were struggling to make ends meet before the fire.

It is particularly devastating for singers, who are doing their best, often in difficult circumstances.

But it would be particularly devastating for laborers in the poorest parts of the world.

Those fees can be particularly devastating for customers with limited incomes, the report said.

Bradley C. Hahn, a spokesman for the Illinois comptroller, Judy Baar Topinka, said, "A shutdown would be particularly devastating for states like ours that have no margins to cover the costs".

THE end of a marriage is always sad, but divorce can be particularly devastating for a woman who still wants children but whose fertility is on the decline.

Dr. Philip Levy, president of the Manhattan-based YAI/National Institute for People with Disabilities, said Alzheimer's theft of memory and communication skills is particularly devastating for people with Down syndrome, who have a lower-than-average I.Q.

The cyclone was particularly devastating for the impoverished region and its poor infrastructure because the storm's meandering path meant it made landfall twice — first as a tropical depression and then, 11 days later, as a Category 2 cyclone.