Sentence examples for substantive disaster from inspiring English sources

McCain and others regarded the shutdown as a political and substantive disaster that only hurt Republicans' political fortunes, in 2014 and beyond.

Even with the formal approvals that the Bush Administration ultimately achieved, and even acknowledging the value of getting rid of Saddam, the Iraq war was both a procedural and a substantive disaster.

The "substantive disaster" here lies not in Baucus' sausage, but in the process by which it was cooked up, and if you swallow the former, you risk choking on the latter.

If you had any doubts that the bill would be a substantive and political disaster, this secretiveness should remove them.

This second edition of the Handbook reflects some of the foundational topics for disaster studies; current substantive, methodological or theoretical topics of interest; as well as new and emerging topics in the field.

(HU) Mr President, last October, Hungary received expert assistance and material resources to deal with the damage caused by the red sludge disaster, yet no substantive assistance was provided.

Even within 30 Rock, the event was viewed as everything from a missed opportunity to challenge candidates on substantive economic issues to an outright disaster.

We model a hurricane event because, in addition to its similarity to other disasters, it provides enough warning for substantive preparation activities.

Although the national-level planning of development and poverty reduction formally recognizes the important link between development and disasters, many challenges remain in the substantive implementation of the country's DRM strategy.

Like in Aceh in 2004, the disaster has the potential to be the opportunity for substantive engagement with the international community.

He and his team can also be faulted for the political (and perhaps substantive) inattention that has allowed the right to profit handsomely from the economic disaster that their policies, not Obama's, brought about.