Sentence examples for source of catastrophe from inspiring English sources

Political instability in almost half the countries with nuclear weapons has been a potential source of catastrophe.

Add to this the point, emphasized by Martin Rees, that evil is not the most probable source of catastrophe, and that threats not amenable to moral enhancement such as asteroids, new diseases, climate change, and idiocy, inadvertence, and negligence of all sorts, are equally likely, perhaps more likely, to produce disaster, and we have a different agenda.

The source of the catastrophe five years ago was a massive undersea earthquake off the island of Sumatra.

Two kinds of "inevitablism" have long held sway as explanations for the deeper sources of the catastrophe.

Fentanyl has rapidly transitioned from a pain relief medication to a source of public health catastrophes across North America.

Although, over 30 years have passed since the Chernobyl accident, these samples are still a source of important information about the catastrophe as well as about the environmental behavior of highly radioactive materials.

For Bartholomew, the mystery that was the source of all spiritual belief, present through catastrophe and plague and evil, was a strength now, too, and more than it had ever been.

Astonishingly, Republican hard-liners see that potential catastrophe as a source of bargaining power in a game of extortion: We don't want anything to happen to this fine American economy as we approach the debt limit, so you'd better meet our demands.

These North London Activists Are a Rare Source of Hope in London's Housing Catastrophe.

These North London Housing Activists Are a Rare Source of Hope in London's Housing Catastrophe.

Many city residents support its preservation both as a reminder of the enormity of the catastrophe and as a source of revenue from the steady stream of tourists who visit the site.