"The poorest countries' really remarkable and often overlooked progress in recent decades now faces this calamity down the road," said William Orme, a spokesman for the agency.
I remember Neil Young came out with a song called "Let's Roll," and I had no desire for retaliation and was rather sickened by all of the bravado surrounding this, that the public almost celebrated our prowess in face of this calamity.
It is true that faced with this calamity, the people of Sendai have maintained a sense of calm.
Thus far, all have risen to the occasion, and an air of restraint is everywhere palpable, as people rally around the government's effort to face the calamity.
Three months on, Ms. Fayaz and her family have returned to face the calamity.
Our own deeper understanding can help us face the calamities of living in war, and to sober up about the consequences.
Arriving midway through the first act of the Atlantic Theater Company's crisply acted, largely engrossing revival of Harley Granville Barker's "Voysey Inheritance," in a canny new adaptation by David Mamet, this tableau of decorousness in the face of calamity is as amusing as it is damning.
There were scattered uprisings, mostly religious in nature, as people turned to belief in the face of calamity.
In the face of calamity, they are brought together by their newfound readiness to speak to each other.
And those who haven't backed off, including Palin, are increasingly criticised by pundits and fellow politicians for their intransigence in the face of calamity.
