Legislators claimed that the company's takeover would have a "staggering" effect on the state.
The job losses in the airline industry itself are expected to have a staggering effect on the borough, where more than 41,000 people work for airlines or other businesses at La Guardia and Kennedy Airports.
Last year, the the UN deputy secretary general, Jan Eliasson, bemoaned the lack of action on clean water and sanitation, warning that the slow progress in building toilets and ending open defecation was having a "staggering" effect on the health, safety, education, prosperity and dignity of 2.5 billion people.
His comments echoed those of the UN deputy secretary general, Jan Eliasson, who told the Guardian in August that the world's lack of progress in building toilets and ending open defecation was having a "staggering" effect on the health, safety, education, prosperity and dignity of 2.5 billion people.
Elevated carbon dioxide levels, McKibben writes, can have a staggering effect.
He has a staggering 22 interceptions on the season.
The movie has a staggering 100% fresh rating on the review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 17 critical verdicts.
It currently has a staggering 20 million views on YouTube.
Japan has a staggering 97 airports, some planned on the basis of fanciful traffic assumptions made by bureaucrats who wanted a retirement sinecure.
Today VerticalNet has a market cap of nearly $3 billion, and ICG has a staggering $18.8 billion.
