There are concerns, too, that, as M.M.A. expands in Cambodia, the corruption that has marred Khmer boxing in the past — consisting not only of match fixing but also child abuse and fighters who received little, if any, medical attention after devastating injuries — will spread in the newer sport.
West Brom's plans for Costa looked clear early on when three defenders crowded him out in the area, but he escaped their attentions to devastating effect on 11 minutes.
UNICEF works to draw the world's attention to the devastating affects of violence and conflict on children.
But that is small consolation when one's actions or behavior become the subject of media attention, scrutiny - and devastating criticism.
The river mining in the lowlands has escalated from low-impact panning to extraction by large machinery, including dredges, pumps, and bulldozers, and it is devastating tens of thousands of acres, attracting the attention of national and international environmentalists.
While my personal reactions to the rampage itself were devastating, saddening and horrifying, my scholarly self paid attention to media coverage following the massacre.
The effect of a drubbing at the state level, while likely to garner less attention than what happens in Washington, could be devastating for Democrats, just as it proved to be 16 years ago.
In 1969 three young artists — Joe Hawley, Mel Henderson and Alfred Young — used biodegradable dyes to spell "oil" in giant letters on the waters of San Francisco Bay, calling attention to a massive crude-oil spill then devastating the coastline.
Either way, media attention can be both extraordinarily positive and overwhelmingly devastating.
In this context, global climate change can be seen as nuclear war "in slow motion"—potentially globally devastating with enormous consequences for human health and deserving of the attention and action of the public health and health care communities.
