As alarming as the blizzard of buyouts, bailouts, and collapses might have been, it was not the most ominous consequence of the financial crisis.
He wrote verse that chills with its sense of ominous consequence for lost innocence: An infected wind weeps in our garden; Before our house, a scarlet lantern glows; Death's silver razors play, like fiddle bows, White music on the throats of pious calves.
The split could have even more ominous consequences than usual this year, given the urgent agenda ahead.
Now, however, a new economy built on tourism, real estate and recreation is encroaching on this wilderness, with ominous consequences.
But in the interview he dismissed the notion that he was now fighting with the government of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin — a development that could have ominous consequences.
For years, Major League Baseball has sought ways to appeal to younger Americans, concerned that the aging of the fan base for baseball will in the long run have ominous consequences.
The turn to warfare held potentially ominous consequences, coming just as the interim government completed its first month in office under its pro-American leader, Hamid Karzai, who is in New York.
A further reason to welcome them is that in many developed countries, as well as in China, falling birth rates have started to cause working populations to shrink and the number of elderly people to rise steeply, with ominous consequences for economies in general and pensions in particular.
In fact, the planet could be headed for another pause in continental drift, with uncertain and possibly ominous consequences.
Was he threatening Woodward with ominous consequences for saying Obama backtracked on economic promises, or was he warning his friend that his reputation would be harmed by poor political analysis?
Both reason and reality point to this direction, which neither Israel nor Hamas can ignore without serious and potentially ominous consequences.
