Those who oppose the EU deal have pointed to crippling consequences for Ukraine's troubled economy, which is stuck in a spiral of negative growth.
Mr. Rumsfeld contests the observation (widely made by military officers, journalists, other administration insiders and members of the Coalition Provisional Authority) that his preoccupation with executing the Iraq war with a light, fast force had crippling consequences for the military's ability to secure Iraq — to establish law and order, seal the country's borders and guard armament caches.
The world needs to know, because as vast as is the ocean, high levels of radiation emission into open water can have latent, crippling consequences.
WASHINGTON — In a clear warning to Syria to stop the transfer of advanced weapons to Islamic militants in the region, a senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering additional military strikes to prevent that from happening and that the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, would face crippling consequences if he retaliated.
Theodore W. Kheel, who was New York City's pre-eminent labor peacemaker from the 1950s through the 1980s, a mediator and arbitrator sought after by both City Hall and the White House to help avert or end strikes of crippling consequence, died on Friday.
The system was set up in 1914 as a no-fault insurance system, intended to protect workers while shielding employers from the consequences of potentially crippling lawsuits.
Consider this: Despite a crippling recession and the continuing consequences of a global food crisis -- not to mention wars, natural disasters, and disease -- we learned earlier this fall that the worldwide daily number of child deaths had dropped to its lowest level ever, about 24,000 a day.
The possible consequences of such a development would be crippling".
"The consequences of not delivering a scheduled home tour is crippling," the BCCI letter is reported as saying.
The letter adds: "The consequences of not delivering a scheduled home tour is crippling".
