Sentence examples for contained disaster from inspiring English sources

Rather than causing a panic and a bank run elsewhere, IndyMac's debacle proved to be a largely contained disaster with little fallout.

Richard Branson told an Endeavor conference that Virgin Cola had been a mistake, but it was a "contained disaster," he said.

Even a maverick such as Richard Branson says the goal is "contained disasters".

The events from natural disasters contain climatic disasters (i.e., drought, extreme temperatures, floods, storms, mass movement wet and wild fire), geologic disasters (i.e., earthquakes and volcanic eruptions) and biologic disasters (i.e., epidemics disasters and disasters derived from insects).

The events from man-made disasters contain complex disasters, industrial accidents, miscellaneous accidents, and transport accidents.

"All of Tokyo's large buildings are able to withstand a magnitude 7.2 earthquake," said Kenji Suzuki, the city's chief of disaster prevention planning, whose offices in the 48-story twin-tower Tokyo government headquarters contain a disaster response command center that resembles a high-tech war room.

Our 360º video takes you inside the efforts to contain the disaster.

By Kathryn Schulz By Junot Díaz By Robin Wright By Adam Davidson By John Cassidy The Firefighters Battling the Northern California Wildfires Our 360 Video takes you inside the efforts to contain the disaster.

By Jelani Cobb By David Remnick By Joan Acocella By Jia Tolentino By Doreen St. Félix The Firefighters Battling the Northern California Wildfires Our 360 Video takes you inside the efforts to contain the disaster.

By Rivka Galchen By Richard Brody By Jia Tolentino By Malcolm Gladwell By David Remnick The Firefighters Battling the Northern California Wildfires Our 360 Video takes you inside the efforts to contain the disaster.

As the world's financial powers struggle to contain the disaster, they should not lose sight of its effect on other countries.