The prevailing view is that while democracy is fine in theory, in practice it risks shattering the stability that has allowed the country to prosper.
Losing capacity to track climate trends, meanwhile, risks shattering critical databases recording how the Earth's systems operate — and how humans are affecting them.
But that risks shattering what was once a collective mass into a thousand shards, not a society at all but a bunch of niches.
The result is a 40% reduction in admissions to A&E for shaken baby syndrome". The public trusts charities but measuring do-gooding, says Flanagan, risks shattering some illusions.
With MPs about to vote again on a range of options, The Times says the prime minister has been warned that she risks shattering the Conservative Party if she bows to the will of the Commons, should it opt for a customs union arrangement with Europe.
Throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, Harry shattered boundaries, risked his life and became a voice for humanity.
Wenger made the difficult decision to withdraw Eboué, even though it risked shattering his fragile confidence.
The vote culminated months of internal wrangling that risked shattering the already fractured coalition, which is widely regarded as having failed to present a credible alternative to Assad's government.
And even suggesting them risked shattering the coalition: among the hardliners were many who found the tendency of educated women to have fewer children almost as problematic as that of uneducated ones to breed prolifically.As the world population soared, the population controllers came to believe they were fighting a war, and there would be collateral damage.
But it does not, and instead the broadcaster can only plead with those audience members not to reveal the details of that episode before it is shown on Saturday, and thus not risk shattering the fabric of the science-fiction fan community.
