It was a raw, dark, and devastating slow-burning thriller, and to entertain the mere thought of a woman writing something like that was simply out of the question.
Most important, the macroeconomic consequences of the Romney-Ryan economic program would be devastating: growth would slow, unemployment would increase, and just as Americans would need the social protection of government more, the safety net would be weakened.
A 2006 review of the hotel in The New York Times was devastating, complaining about slow room service, inattentiveness at the restaurant (at least for regular folk) and a lack of warm water.
Labour's shadow work and pensions secretary, Liam Byrne, said: "Professor Harrington's review is devastating – progress is slow and incomplete, ministers are failing to grip the shambolic appeals system, and the whole process is utterly failing to get people back into work.
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The entities that eventually became known as prions were first discovered as agents of slow, devastating neuro-degenerative diseases (spongiform encephalopathies), the relatively common scrapie in sheep and the rare Kuru and Creutzfeld-Jacob diseases in humans [ 6, 7].
But these industries have been devastated by slowing infrastructure investments and slumping manufacturing profits.
Without going into detail, I can say that it has been devastating... a slow-motion train wreck with no end in sight.
In Millhauser, the effect is often also deeply mournful, as in this devastating slow-fuse emotional tragedy — "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" rewritten with an exquisite attention to the incommensurateness of loss that's truly worthy of James.
Kendrick Lamar debuted an untitled new song during "The Colbert Report" on Tuesday night, capping the show's nine-year run of musical guests with a devastating, slow-build track that equaled his memorable performance of "I" a few months back on "Saturday Night Live".
