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McCrea's greatest danger, however, comes from another source, who, although he has no chance of winning, can inflict enormous damage on him.

At the time it looked like an intelligent move, but it soon became clear that he had handed his rival a weapon with which he would inflict enormous damage on the Mirror.

Fears are being voiced at senior levels in Whitehall that targeting tax credits could inflict "enormous damage" on the Tories by hitting the working poor, who are meant to be at the heart of the new blue-collar Conservatism championed by Cameron in the election.

Even George J. Tenet, the former director of central intelligence, speaking on the vulnerabilities of the nation's computer networks at a technology security conference on Dec. 1, noted the ability of terrorists to "work anonymously and remotely to inflict enormous damage at little cost or risk to themselves".

"This latest announcement will inflict enormous damage to the services provided to Trafford residents and further damage our local economy.

Hurricanes and particularly strong storms can inflict enormous damage on coastal areas, displacing families and even entire communities.

The flaws in the system became apparent when many bonds with the highest ratings ended up plunging in value, inflicting enormous damage on the economy.

As the 1908 Tunguska event, which leveled trees across an area of Siberia some 30 km in diameter demonstrated, even relatively small objects 30-500 m diameter) are capable of inflicting enormous damage.

So the choice is: do we risk inflicting enormous damage to us at a time when we are riding high or do we accept that there will have to be a bit of a loss of face".

The coastal column shelled the Israeli positions and inflicted enormous damage; the Israelis were either dug in in shallow trenches made for infantry warfare with no head cover, or in Samakh's clay houses that were vulnerable to heavy weapons.

Attempts to reverse climate change could inflict enormous costs on industries that will fight to the death for their survival.