Sentence examples for devastation upon from inspiring English sources

Bingo.Gasp The converse of this observation is that Democratic politicians, increasingly dependent on money and votes from SEIU, AFSCME, NEA, and so forth, fear they will reap the electoral whirlwind if they stand up to the unions even when union-negotiated benefits packages threaten to wreak fiscal devastation upon state and municipal budgets.

The Blue-Haired Lawyer is accusing her of bringing devastation upon Springfield because of her selfish desire to be accepted by others.

Upon witnessing these haunting images of human imposed devastation upon natural habitats and innocent species, banishing myself from society to live out the rest of my life "in a cave" was starting to sound like an excellent future option.

GEORGE'S, GRENADA  12 September 2004 - UNICEF relief supplies arrived today in this country struck by a hurricane that wrought devastation upon thousands of families, hammering homes, schools, government institutions, disrupting electricity, water and sanitation services and telecommunications.

The confrontation enriches his second-hand understanding of the devastation wreaked upon his family – still pressing heavily upon his elderly parents – while subjecting the perpetrators to an even tougher line of questioning than the one taken by Oppenheimer himself.

At the same time there exists disbelief that the devastation visited upon neighbors could ever happen to them or, that is, could ever happen to them again.

Just blocks from the plant is some of America's worst urban devastation, acre upon acre of vacant land, abandoned houses, burned-out stores.

FOR many migrants from Honduras and Nicaragua, the devastation visited upon their countries by Hurricane Mitch has brought an unexpected blessing in its wake.

HENRY A. LOWENSTEIN New York, Nov. 12, 2013 To the Editor: Our hearts break for the devastation visited upon the Philippine Islands by Typhoon Haiyan.

One film is about the devastation wrought upon his school by his premature death: weeping girls in uniforms gather in miserable groups, while a sensitive local newscaster, microphone in hand, speaks of "incredible, unprecedented scenes of devotion".

Mr. Lamb's engaging book is, in equal parts, a travelogue, a political, cultural and economic analysis and a collection of poignant profiles of average Vietnamese citizens who, despite the devastation visited upon their country by the United States, simply love Americans.