Sentence examples for over the calamitous from inspiring English sources

It has done so repeatedly over the calamitous past century, and the evidence suggests that the motive has less often been shallow vanity than patriotism and good intentions.

Republicans also presided over the calamitous stockmarket declines of 1973-1974 and 2008.Investors own government bonds as well as equities, of course, and here the Republicans are ahead.

Black had wanted to "draw a line in the sand" following the bitter saga that has engulfed the club, but the early derision spewed about his old boss indicates that Rovers won't be over the calamitous reign until a new man is installed and is winning matches.

Mr. Putin has also proved adept at deflecting criticism of the government with grand gestures, and the export ban was widely seen as one of a series of populist moves by Mr. Putin to address rising resentment over the calamitous heat wave and the fires it has spawned.

I am all for it, but it must be reciprocated and there must be room for accurately describing our situation rather than papering over the calamitous electoral result.

Patel and Haigh point to significant investment already made, say they are still reviewing the club's operations and do have planned improvements and that it will take time to revitalise the once mighty Leeds who have never recovered from the calamitous, over-borrowed financial collapse of 2001.

By the time Deng Xiaoping took over the reins in 1978 after the calamitous cultural revolution, not only was Mao dead, but so was all faith in communist ideology.

He took over in calamitous circumstances in the second week of January, 2009 after his predecessor, Kevin Pietersen, and the coach, Peter Moores had both been unceremoniously deposed.

The calamitous floods that struck England in 1947, by contrast, were over much more quickly.Fingers have been pointed at the government, for squeezing the Environment Agency's budget.

US intelligence chiefs are far more outspoken these days than their counterparts in Britain about the calamitous consequences of US-led foreign interventions over the past 12 years.

It has constituted the calamitous triumph of American hypocrisy & cant over American seriousness... What Vietnam has accomplished is brutally to teach Americans that America's is not "the flag of all mankind," as Woodrow Wilson saw it.