"We prevented the worst, and I mean the worst".
Now, investors want to see evidence of the sort of spine in the boardroom that might have prevented the worst excesses of the late 1990s.
If we had sent that money at any other time, and put it to work improving the health-care systems in West Africa, it would no doubt have prevented the worst effects of this epidemic and saved many lives.
The subsequent coördinated rescue operation, during which Western governments committed about nine trillion dollars of taxpayers' money in bailouts, stimulus packages, and financial guarantees, prevented the worst from happening, which, surely, justified a big relief rally.
On the tsunami, he said, he made his dire forecast when only 40,000 people — not 300,000 — were believed dead, and the world's abundant generosity paid for the clean water and mosquito control that prevented the worst from coming true.
This study also suggests that were it not for an epidemiological influence, the extinction of thylacine would have been at best prevented, at worst postponed.
"It proves the point that no law -- including the capital offense of murder of a police officer -- is going to prevent the worst elements of society from committing the worst sort of evil," Baker continued.
Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and the deceptions of the Iraqi regime, we have every reason to assume the worst and we have an urgent duty to prevent the worst from occurring.
Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and deceptions of the Iraqi regime, we have every reason to assume the worst, and we have an urgent duty to prevent the worst from occurring.
He continued, "Understanding the threats of our time, knowing the designs and deceptions of the Iraqi regime, we have every reason to assume the worst, and we have an urgent duty to prevent the worst from occurring".
