As such, modern slavery does not necessarily jump to the forefront for the average American thinking on the pressing issues facing the U.S. I have learned, however, over the course of my interview with Mr. Coorlim and my experience at the Freedom Project forum, that modern slavery's consequences are more pervasive here than many of us are aware.
The paper assesses the potential consequences of a more pervasive debt crisis, one involving a number of countries in the same perilous position at the same time.
The economic disparity between classes, on a par now with the worst eras of political corruption in American history, is much more serious, and the consequences are much more pervasive.
Commission co-chair William K Reilly said: "So a key question posed from the outset by this tragedy is, do we have a single company, BP, that blundered with fatal consequences, or a more pervasive problem of a complacent industry?
They add: "Physical violence in societies is a much larger and more pervasive phenomenon than just civil war violence", and that the economic consequences are much greater.
"Do we have a single company, BP, that blundered with fatal consequences," asked the other co-chairman, William Reilly, "or a more pervasive problem of a complacent industry?" Sadly, Mr. Reilly said, it is the latter.
The incidents further spotlight the consequences of the incestuous relationship between sports and politics that is nowhere more pervasive than in the Middle East.
The gloom is more pervasive.
What it achieved was more pervasive.
