She said that the impression that the Bahamas were devastated was wrong, noting that out of more than 700 islands, only resorts on Grand Bahama and Abaco had significant damage.
The story of Boiana and of Palivelupa is that of a good idea gone drastically wrong, devastating the lives of millions of desperately poor people, threatening a banking crisis and revealing the dark side of India's economic growth.
An administration that is putting such intense effort into planning for war in Iraq and bolstering homeland security can surely pick up the pace on the much easier and cheaper task of safeguarding materials that could prove devastating in the wrong hands.
It's devastating when things go wrong.
In the case of Khaled El-Masri, our client, the government grabbed the wrong person, devastating an innocent man's life.
But as the IMF's Global Financial Stability Review showed on Wednesday, the consequences for the world's financial markets when tapering does get underway are unpredictable, and if Yellen and her colleagues get their timing wrong, potentially devastating.
It's also devastating if you get them wrong, because then you're encouraging the wrong behaviors.
"But where things go wrong, it is devastating.
"Budget cutting done wrong could be devastating for our national security, so the stakes are huge".
"The risks of getting it wrong can be devastating and result in parents and carers responsible for managing their dependents' financial affairs facing tough decisions around cutting the costs of medical care and support".
