–HEINRICH HEINE What have appeared to be the most striking successes have often, if they are not rightly used, brought the most overwhelming disasters in their train, and conversely the most terrible calamities have, if bravely endured, actually turned out to benefit the sufferers.
The biggest change is the waning of the initial impact: the shocked drama and overwhelming trauma of the disaster in all its immediacy.
Despite clear and overwhelming evidence of the disaster, Abizaid and Casey pushed on, assuring the public that their strategy was working.
Mr. Noda was forced to consider alternative energy sources after a series of public hearings held by the government after the Fukushima disaster showed overwhelming support for phasing out nuclear power.
The scale of the disaster is overwhelming impoverished Ethiopia's rescue efforts, and a spokesman for the southern police said the water level was rising along the Kibish River, near the Omo Valley, where up to 10,000 people have been stranded.
TB If you mean "have we yet succeeded in building a winning coalition of people who understand what is happening and recognise the role of trade unionism and socialism in preventing the disaster from overwhelming us?", no, clearly we have not.
Still, overwhelming is overwhelming.
Tom is tirelessly positive even when unforeseen disasters seem overwhelming.
