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The damage is so extensive that even if trawling were stopped today, this area may need many years to recover.
In short, Merkel has done more to damage the EU than any living politician, while constantly proclaiming her passion for “the European project.”
The accusatorial system is designed for those relatively rare cases when error slips through the peer-review net, resulting in some concrete damage to health or the environment, or causing the corruption of later research that assumes the validity of fraudulent work.
Soon after the near-collapse of the financial system, the consensus view in favor of a reasonably normal cyclical recovery faded as the extent of balance-sheet damage – and the effect of deleveraging on domestic demand – became evident.
The UK’s concern is understandable: evidence is mounting of the likely damage a departure from the single market and customs union will do to the UK economy.
A few scientists, and many science-fiction writers, have also speculated about using nuclear weapons to destroy or damage an asteroid, comet, meteor, or alien spacecraft heading toward the earth.
Paradoxically, the faster oil prices now fall, the shorter the subsequent period of deflation will be, as further damage to the economies of industrial countries is avoided.
The damage caused by not meeting the self-imposed deadline would be much greater than the problems enlargement would create.
The damage of not enlarging Nato soon just as the damange of not introducing the "Euro" in January 1999 will far outweigh anything that might be gained by delay.
Rouhani must have known that his failure to address the humanitarian disaster in Syria would damage his diplomatic strategy, which suggests that he must have had a strong reason.
If Brexit weakens London’s role as a financial center, the collateral damage for Africa would be measured in diminished investor confidence, gaps in banking services, and interrupted networks and processes.
Even though Trump will not become the next president, the populist damage has already been done.
And yet many economists still call for more macroeconomic stimulus, seemingly unaware of the damage such policies have caused.
The longer it takes, the greater the political damage and the human suffering – and it may take a long time.
It is impossible at this point to gauge the full extent of the damage with any degree of precision.
To prevent the right from doing irreparable damage to German democracy, the parties that still stand for democratic values must take seriously their responsibility to form a new government.
The number of buildings affected by the earthquake or the tsunami include 128,582 completely destroyed, 243,914 partly destroyed, 281 completely or partly burned, 33,056 flooded (including 17,806 above the ground floor, and 674,641 with other types of damage.
But the damage caused by the tsunami also caused significant delays in reconstruction.
Anyone who has studied economic performance since the onset of the financial crisis in 2008, understands that damage to balance sheets – such as excess debt and unfunded non-debt liabilities – can cause growth slowdowns, sudden stops, or even reversals.
When we in government looked closely at the risks to London as a financial center from being outside the euro, we concluded that there was no compelling case that it could damage us.
All of this spells lasting damage to the credibility of Washington’s commitment to the “full faith and credit” of the US government.
And the damage to their credibility risks further undermining their effectiveness and perpetuating a vicious circle set in motion by their failure to generate high and inclusive growth.
Will voters heed the siren song of Trump – and do great damage to the US economy and to the world by embracing a self-destructive effort to wall themselves off from the world?
But, with a carefully calibrated strategy, damage to Europe’s economy could be avoided.
Hydropower projects planned in isolation not only often cause more environmental damage than necessary; they often fail to achieve their maximum strategic potential and may even constrain future economic opportunities.
Smart consolidation should, instead, minimize short-term economic damage and foster longer-term growth.
Even barring such a major geopolitical upheaval, which would severely damage the global economy’s prospects in the short run, serious medium- and long-term risks loom.
Even if one admits that deception may sometimes be necessary, one can still ask about the importance of the goal, the availability of alternative means to achieve it, whether the deception is likely to spread through precedent or example, the damage done to various victims, and the deceivers’ accountability (whether their behavior can be discovered and explained later).
And we also had a model for how to mitigate the damage; unfortunately, policymakers left it on the shelf.
The convergence is indicative of the growing sense of the need for fiscal and eventual political union if the euro is to be maintained without damage to economic performance or democratic values.
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