In an era of international terrorism and the constant danger of devastating attacks, there is good reason for Mr. Bush to keep the nation strong and vigilant.
But here are two: the quotidian, stoic heroism with which so many Japanese have responded to devastating loss and terrifying danger; and the outpouring of sympathy and support for them from around the world.
It remains a nation on edge, in danger of devastating impoverishment, and with few genuine alternatives available.
The New York Times writes that there have been warnings for years that the city was at danger of devastating flooding, but the cost of doing anything about it was too high.
The video of the death from the camera in the Tesla itself in China is grisly and devastating evidence of the dangers of robot car technology when it's deployed too early.
The runaway bull market of the past few years may slow to a mere trot; but a rise in interest rates by itself would not be devastating for share prices.The greater danger, by far, is that the Fed will miscalculate, tightening its stance just before the expansion is about to moderate.
The 2011 Tohoku earthquake (M w 9) raised awareness of the dangers of future devastating earthquakes in nearby regions such as the Nankai Trough.
Specialists in Newcastle are ready to offer mitochondrial replacement therapy (MRT) to women who are in danger of passing on devastating and often fatal genetic disorders to their children.
But if other governments don't play their part, if they don't face up to their domestic difficulties, the talks could collapse, and the dangers of that are devastating.
Rockström, an environmental science professor at Stockholm University and executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has since transferred a fourth category, deforestation, to his list of "planetary boundaries" in the danger zone, which threaten irreversible, devastating consequences to the planet.
