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To wait for the big threat is no answer to NATO’s problems, on the contrary, it would be a
fatal
error.
Such flaws, however, should not have been
fatal
to the life of these programs.
People’s discomfort with the findings stemmed largely from faulty intuition: if earlier and more frequent screening increases the likelihood of detecting a possibly
fatal
cancer, then more screening is always desirable.
Unfortunately, it is not easy to weigh breast cancer’s dangers against the cumulative effects of radiation from dozens of mammograms over the years, the invasiveness of biopsies, and the debilitating impact of treating slow-growing tumors that would never have proven
fatal.
The euro’s design – which was modeled on the Deutsche Mark – has a
fatal
flaw.
A single problem can be fatal, even if other indicators are strong.
Merkel now feels the
fatal
consequences of her “leadership without leading” approach.
Nonetheless, the loss of operational independence – the ability to act without interference in pursuit of its stated objectives, developed in consultation with political authorities – can also be
fatal
to a central bank’s credibility.
Indeed, only a few economists – such as the 2001 Nobel economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the 2008 laureate Paul Krugman – warned against
fatal
developments that were mounting in the now globalized economy.
The
fatal
human instincts of greed and hubris can be tamed only with some elementary ethical norms.
When hurricane Katrina struck America’s Gulf Coast, that incompetence proved
fatal.
Non-libertarians recognize the
fatal
flaw in this argument: financial blow-ups entail what economists call a “systemic risk” – everyone pays a price.
It may well be open deception, with promoters steering gullible amateurs around a business plan’s
fatal
flaw, or disclosing it only grudgingly or in the fine print.
“And we must not commit the
fatal
error of destroying the state.”
Without provision for children, families give up hope for any future in the region and embark on risky – and often
fatal
– voyages to Europe.
But its failure, and the failure of its European shareholders, to adhere to its own best practices may eventually prove to have been a
fatal
misstep.
But, as the Great Moderation metastasized into the Great Recession,
fatal
flaws in conventional thinking came to light.
Sacrifice, too many Europeans believe, is not laying the groundwork for a better, more prosperous Europe, but is dragging them into a
fatal
tailspin.
And rigid financial controls, which lend bureaucrats inordinate discretionary power over capital transfers, amount to a
fatal
flaw.
As a result, we could see yet another volley of blasts, another obscene megaton-range competition, and another
fatal
countdown between nuclear-armed states, whose numbers have increased.
In the worst incident so far, hundreds of police, dressed in riot gear, surrounded Occupy Oakland’s encampment and fired rubber bullets (which can be fatal), flash grenades, and tear-gas canisters – with some officers taking aim directly at demonstrators.
Currency relations throughout Europe would be thrown into utter confusionHere not only the common currency but that of European integration would be dealt a
fatal
blow.
Things are even worse in Palestinian towns farther afield, such as Hebron, where Israeli settlers often behave like Wild West gunslingers, flouting the laws of their own country as they drive away Palestinians by cutting down their trees, poisoning their livestock, and subjecting them to other forms of torment, including
fatal
shootings, which have gone unpunished.
At its most severe, wasting is
fatal.
The challenge has proven particularly severe, if not fatal, for those facing intense competition from entrants able to combine disruptive content and big platforms – the most notable examples being Amazon, Facebook, Google, Netflix, and Uber.
The potentially
fatal
flaw in Obamacare is the very same feature that appeals most to its supporters: the ability of even those with a serious preexisting health condition to buy insurance at the standard premium.
Any attempt to undermine its independence or bring it back to financing budget deficits would be
fatal.
Heart attack, cancer, and even falls were often
fatal.
After this year’s political upheavals, the
fatal
contradiction between social benefits and individual losses can no longer be ignored.
Whether the outlier is Germany or another EU member state, division need not be
fatal.
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