Sentence examples for persistent disaster from inspiring English sources

In that legendary address Kennedy was, of course, referring to the communist threat, but in the cold war battle for African and Asian hearts and minds, this American paradox was a persistent disaster.

The scope and severity of increasing or persistent disaster risks and losses (IPCC 2012; World Bank 2013, 2015) indicate fundamental gaps in our knowledge of how disaster risk is created, distributed, prevented, and/or reduced, as well as the lack of effectively and systematically translating existing knowledge into practice.

Persistent post-disaster mental illness from 10 months to 5 years after the disaster in this cohort underscores the need for long-term mental health screening and treatment programs targeting this population.

Without effective treatment, PTSD and depression can cause persistent disability in disaster-affected populations.

Income decline has been associated with reduced resilience and persistent psychological symptoms after disaster (Bonanno et al. 2007), thus suggesting that people with spill-related income loss might have fewer psychological resources for bouncing back.

Floods have become more expensive disasters with persistent development along waterfronts.

The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent communist insurgency, and a military conflict with Moro separatists.

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The study was an attempt to address one of the unsolved mysteries of the disaster: how a persistent "bathtub ring" of oily residue remains on the sea floor long after the oil rig Deepwater Horizon blew up and sank in April 2010, taking 11 men with it.

Even so, pessimists point out, the former export powerhouse is running persistent monthly trade deficits.The 2011 disasters intensified the pressures driving Japanese manufacturers overseas.

Few studies have examined persistent respiratory effects after chemical disasters or other air-polluting accidents.