Also, the prohibitive cost of Stradivari and Guarneri violins is a very real deterrent to many players -- not only because of the difficulty in securing the use of one (much less purchasing one), but also due to the crippling sense of responsibility for caring for such an expensive item and traveling with it around the globe.
"The regime is more isolated than ever before; its leaders are faced with crippling sanctions, and as long as they shirk their responsibilities, this pressure will not relent".
After her return, her aircraft complement was reorganised to include more fighters as Eagle now had sole responsibility for fighter coverage over the fleet after the crippling of Illustrious by German dive bombers on 11 January.
That said, the U.S. still has a responsibility to ratchet up the pressure by resorting to truly crippling sanctions and encouraging others (in particular the European Union and the Arab states) to act accordingly.
The responsibility you have to real people when you write nonfiction is crippling, if you let yourself really think about it.
A10 The reformed Iraqi Ministry of Defense, a crucial element of any American plan to withdraw troops, is riddled with crippling problems that have raised concerns about its viability once it assumes full responsibility for the army, American and Iraqi commanders say.
To achieve fiscal and social viability, our cities, states, businesses, and unions must be saved from the unaffordable and crippling burdens of their health and pension obligations both of which are rightfully the responsibility of the federal government.
[CNN] As residents of Tuvalu cope with a crippling drought, climate campaigners there point out that the countries delivering water aid to the archipelago nation share responsibility for global climate patterns.
But the government of Raúl Castro blames it for encouraging illegal migration and says it should be stopped.But in fact it is the Castro regime that bears final responsibility for the flood of migrants, because its policies though admittedly exacerbated by the embargo have produced the poverty and crippling lack of opportunity in Cuba that motivates many migrants in the first place.
