If the euro blows up, the consequences will be horrible and long-lasting.I have a new analogy to propose.
Israel, hell-bent on survival, has learned to shoot first – or, at least, second – and blow away the consequences.
The consequences of blowing the whistle shouldn't be underestimated, said Carney Shegerian, a Santa Monica, Calif., lawyer who has represented whistleblower clients in court.
"It's a terrible position for a young scientist because you are caught between blowing the whistle with all the consequences for your own career, or being [associated with] fraudulent research, which can also destroy your career," Anderson says.
It seems incongruous, but these two innocent-looking calves are at the centre of a public relations timebomb that is about to blow, with consequences that will be felt throughout Europe and beyond.
Unfortunately, blowing the whistle on scientific misconduct can often have negative consequences for the informant.
A fragile cease-fire is holding, but this unstable equilibrium can blow up with consequences for the South Caucasus and beyond.
Or was it just a cough of the Earth's crust, which will blow away without consequence, like the many sandstorms in the deserts surrounding the Salton Sea? (hra034).
"The shooting incident was like a hammer blow, but where are the consequences?" said Peter W. Singer, a scholar at the Brookings Institute and author of "Corporate Warriors," a book about contractors in Iraq.
Judge Sand said the jurors were entitled "to have some sense of the trauma, some sense of the consequences of blowing up these two embassies".
