If mature vines and fruit trees die in the coming months through the lack of water, the economic fallout will be more serious and lasting.
The Selfish Giant of the title, then, not only refers to the morally dubious scrap dealer, Kitten (played with Dickensian relish by Sean Gilder of Shameless fame), who exploits the young lads, but to a political ideology that fuels greed, selfishness and lack of concern about the social fallout.
And lack of work is due to the fallout from the financial crisis and recession.
Putting Americans to work is not part of the agenda of the Bush administration, and the fallout from this lack of interest is spreading big time.
For many years, the cries for help of New Mexico Downwinders have gone unheard, while the impacts of the radiation on these communities are still largely unknown due to a lack of data or studies on the fallout.
But the limited liquidity of these shares, the lack of regulation in some markets and the fallout from both the 1997 Asian crisis and the 1998 collapse of the Russian ruble eroded investors' enthusiasm.
Pierpont was never a substantial threat to Mathias, whose lack of competition was due in part to fallout from the Watergate scandal.
One sign of fallout came almost immediately.
Hours after the vote there was no sign of fallout.
So far there has been no sign of fallout.
