This was an unintended consequence of the American action, but devastating nonetheless.
Northern Ireland should push the EU to grant it special associate or even membership status to avoid the "devastating" consequences of Brexit for Irish people, Martin McGuinness has said.
May talked about the "devastating" consequences of using a mobile while driving, during a trade mission to India aimed at boosting economic ties.
On Tuesday, the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, reiterated the "devastating" consequences of closing the camps, and announced that his deputy, Jan Eliasson, would visit the country in the coming days to try to persuade Kenya to reverse its decision.
Enda Kenny acknowledged the "devastating consequences of unemployment and emigration", but thanked the Irish people for the "part they had played" in restoring Ireland's sovereignty.
Rep. Lieu and Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL) are circulating a letter citing the devastating consequences of Saudi Arabia's U.S.-backed war and calling for a delay in the tank deal to allow Congress to have a full debate on the sale; as of this writing the letter had garnered 46 signatories.
Those who laid this foundation continue to pay a steep price, because it is they who are disproportionately targeted by police, they who are being arrested and sentenced to lengthier sentences, and they who face barriers to reentry and suffer the devastating collateral consequences of incarceration -- consequences that have generational impact.
As Carl Benedikt Frey shows, the Industrial Revolution created unprecedented wealth and prosperity over the long run, but the immediate consequences of mechanization were devastating for large swaths of the population.
As Joe Nocera notes, everyone knows the consequences of devastating football injuries on adults and children — except the children, many of whom are under 9.
