Yes, the RIAA CEO told me, there is a close connection between the dramatic fall in the industry's revenue and the rise of illegal file sharing – an economic collapse he describes as "enormous" and "devastating".
It's centered on the researchers (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., and Andrew Duggan) and his talks with four residents (played by Jane Fonda, Claire Bloom, Shelley Winters, and Glynis Johns) whose tormented private lives come to light with enormous (and sometimes devastating) results.
In this context, global climate change can be seen as nuclear war "in slow motion"—potentially globally devastating with enormous consequences for human health and deserving of the attention and action of the public health and health care communities.
If the economy was healthy, the PR nightmare of such an enormous recall could potentially be devastating.
There is no doubt that the diagnosis of a life threatening disease such as cancer is devastating and has an enormous effect on one's quality of life.
Run-off of excess fertilizer from cropland and excess manure from factory farms is the primary cause of enormous aquatic dead zones in coastal waters globally, devastating marine life (and ironically, threatening human seafood supply).
The ensuing Indonesian campaigns were devastating for the East Timorese, an enormous drain on Indonesian resources, severely damaging Indonesia internationally, and ultimately a failure.
The enormous investment of time, energy, money and emotion must be devastating.
The mission also carried enormous political risks, since a failure would have been seen as devastating failure of the country's new political leadership.
The financial impact can be enormous, and for founders of start-ups, the tax bill can be devastating.
