Sentence examples for sudden debacle from inspiring English sources
I am strongly inclined to reject the action of any sudden debacle. Indeed the very numbers of the remains render it to me more probable that they are owing to a succession of deaths, after the ordinary course of nature. As Mr Lyell (a) supposes Species may perish as well as individuals; to the arguments he adduces.
The Suez debacle in 1956 was a sudden eye-opener to the decline of British power in the eastern Mediterranean as indeed it contributed to it.
Or, as Youssef Bouthesavvyli, thEgyptianEgyptradetrade minister, asked at the end of the Seattle debacle, "Why, all of a sudden, when third world labor has proved to be competitive, do industrial countries start feeling concerned about our workers?" All this calls out for explanation.
But after a spate of debacles at big Swiss companies -- sudden collapses, nasty earnings surprises, management blunders and embarrassing leaks about high pay and benefits -- shareholders are growing restive, demanding more information and more accountability.
The sudden departure of the chairman, Sir Roger Hurn, and the chief executive, Lord Simpson, capped one of the most spectacular corporate debacles of recent years.
Then there was a sudden opening at the L.A. Stage Company, a theatre in Los Angeles where Marc Garland had sought shelter as a technical director after the "Lonsberry" debacle.
