Sentence examples for calamitous impact from inspiring English sources

Hitting dubious internal targets for benefits processing does not justify the calamitous impact of delays on thousands of vulnerable customers who cannot afford 16 day target waits.

The rise of digital technology and the expansion of apparently frictionless and instantaneous communication on the internet have had a calamitous impact on older ways of distributing information.

Sure enough, along came Charlie Stillitano in March, hinting that all this Premier League table-turning is most unsatisfactory, on account of its calamitous impact on revenue projections of the Clubs That Matter.

This week's report spelling out the calamitous impact of austerity on our major cities shows that much of the current debate over public policy is looking in the wrong place for answers.

The Earth Shall Weep: A History of Native America, by James Wilson (Grove, $16) is not so much a survey of Indian cultures as it is a study of the calamitous impact of white conquest on indigenous societies and a dissection of the many myths generated by the conquerors.

Following racist comments and the calamitous impact of his actions on Arizona's tourist industry, Mecham was impeached for obstruction of justice and misuse of government funds, and left office in 1988; two years later, however, Arizona voters rejected recognising Martin Luther King Jr Day, inspiring this slow-burning broadside.

Yes, they want to avoid calamitous impacts on South Korea and Indonesia, both strategically important countries.

Our Australian environment correspondent, Oliver Milman, has reported on the potentially calamitous impacts the report spells out for Australia – where temperatures could rise by as much as 6C on the hottest days.

The administration's warnings of calamitous impacts from the sequester for teachers, preschool children and homebound seniors do not appear to have had the intended political impact in pressuring Republicans to reverse their position on spending, perhaps because the labor market and the overall economy improved in the first half of 2013 despite the government cuts.

"No one has an appreciation for the scope of the calamitous impacts". Dust storms are not new in the West, but the fact that so much dust is on the move reflects that across vast areas, soil is being loosened by off-road vehicles, livestock grazing, and road development for oil and gas production, much of it on public land.

The large marches ― in Washington, DC and around the country ― calling attention to the importance of science and focusing on the calamitous impacts of climate change had impressive turnouts.