"If they just start digging, that's devastating no matter what color the people were," she said.
Headlines draw spectators to the courtroom, and public opinion ensures that the results will be devastating, no matter what verdict is reached.
Because the Haitian population has virtually no immunity, cholera could be devastating no matter when it struck.
Losing a pet is devastating, no matter how or when it happens.
And as we have seen, levee failure is devastating no matter how high above sea level the protected area may be.
Vikram Pandit's last day at Citigroup swung from celebratory to devastating in a matter of minutes.
However, we can design effective community mitigation strategies that work locally much as thinning a forest protects it from devastating fires no matter where lightning may hit.
Moritzen, who plays the patriarch, described how the replacement of heavy-duty technology by an unobtrusive, mobile camcorder freed him from self-consciousness; that subtlety of performance, applied to Festen's highly sensitive subject matter, is devastating.
The House Speaker, John Boehner, concurred: "The President intends to double down on his job-crushing policies no matter how devastating the impact".
Both beautiful boys are a testament to the resilience of humans and our determination to overcome adversity, no matter how devastating its initial (and lasting) impact.
