Sentence examples for major calamity from inspiring English sources

But spot checks by journalists and aid workers suggested Haiti had avoided a major calamity.

"We were perilously close to major calamity if that hadn't been addressed very quickly," Mr. Parr said.

Veteran Olympic officials have said privately they were the most chaotic, politically troubled, financially insecure Games of modern times, but they ended without major calamity.

Today, with the world economy on the brink of a major calamity, it is again time for the world's politicians to exert authority over the international financial system.

Robb Stark, King in the North, faces major calamity in his efforts to build on his victories over the Lannisters while beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder and his huge army of wildlings continue their inexorable march south.

A former leader of the Jusos (Young Socialists), Mr Schröder has run his unremarkable north German state for seven years without major calamity, bolstered at least initially by a demoralised opposition.

Both countries are challenged to overcome the legacy of major calamities in their past.

Software companies like Google, Microsoft and Facebook, along with PC makers, say they have been taking the problem seriously for years in hopes of thwarting any major calamities.

"The good news here, is that it's much less likely we'll see major calamities," said Dennis C. Carey, a partner at Spencer Stuart, the executive search firm, who was a co-author on a book on chief executive succession.

With a review of the major calamities that Ecuador has suffered related to geomorphologic forces, and the implications of the lack of planning and preparedness, the lax social responses are also criticized for the risk transfer inconsistencies in disaster management of an increased number of low-intensity and ephemeral events in Ecuador.

As we've made it to noon with few major calamities, it's downhill from here.