"What happens in the automotive industry affects each and every one of us," a General Motors Web site declares, warning that the consequences of a shutdown would be "devastating".
Why do we leave technology development, risk assessment, back-up alternatives and training exclusively to the private sector, when, as we have seen, the consequences of a major leak are devastating to our environment as well as to our prestige as a nation?
Palestinian officials warned that the consequences of a failed meeting would be devastating.
The Mediterranean is a densely populated area with several regions that depend on tourism and fishing, so the consequences of an accident could be devastating.
The consequences of a simple downgrade can thus be devastating for a company.
But, as the recent failures of two major companies, Tesco and The Co-operative Group demonsthetes, the consequences of a failure of governance can be devastating for an organisation.
The consequences of eviction are devastating and have a profound, negative, and life-long impact on subsequent trajectories: worse housing, more eviction, and homelessness, all disproportionately affecting women of color with children ("a female equivalent of mass incarceration," Desmond argued at a talk at the University of Pennsylvania this week).
In fact, even if the absolute risk associated with the use of combined HC may not be high, the consequences of an ischemic stroke may be devastating for patients and their families.
As Joe Nocera notes, everyone knows the consequences of devastating football injuries on adults and children — except the children, many of whom are under 9.
