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Is it any surprise that our world, marching to the drumbeat of GDP, is teetering on the brink of environmental disaster and filled with anger and conflict?
So that an arguing couple spiraling into negativity and teetering on the brink of divorce is actually mathematically equivalent to the beginning of a nuclear war.
States that are teetering between between parties are called "swing states."
When she asks you of this year, your daughter, whether your offspring or heir to your triumph, from her comforted side of history teetering towards woman, she will wonder and ask voraciously, though she cannot fathom your sacrifice, she will hold your estimation of it holy, curiously probing, "Where were you?
I found the acting to be laughable, the scenery (your standard dessert, horses and cowboys) boring and the music and its timing teetering on the edge of painful.
The first 30 minutes of Tinseltown had my finger teetering on the remote, poised to flick around to watch something else.
Pleasantly set in and around a Los Angeles apartment complex, this isn't quite the pulpy thriller it was advertised as, yet it does work as an intriguing study of different people all teetering on the edge of morality.
Then comes along a movie, teetering on the thin line of questionable success where one can not tell whether there is a plot or not.
The plot is original, the acting acceptable, the special effects teetering on the cheesy, yet still utterly entertaining, this film is a must-see for any true horror movie fan.
This year was marked by the worst global food crisis since World War II, with South Sudan, Yemen, Somalia, and Nigeria either experiencing famine or teetering on the brink.
The world seemed to be teetering on the brink of nuclear catastrophe.
Now Russia is teetering on the brink of recession and expects capital outflows to top $70 billion during the first quarter of this year, exceeding the outflows for all of 2013.
The European Commission recently slashed its 2012 GDP growth forecast to 0.5% – teetering on the brink of outright recession.
Doing so risks putting investors in the same position as the last shareholders in Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private coal company, which is teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
Externally, India’s immediate neighborhood, with Pakistan teetering, is more disturbed than ever.
TOKYO – Thailand, Southeast Asia’s most developed and sophisticated economy, is teetering on the edge of the political abyss.
Greece is caught in a classic debt trap, as the interest rate on its public debt has soared beyond its growth rate by a considerable margin;Spain is teetering on the brink.
Economies are teetering, ecosystems are under siege, and inequality – within and between countries – is soaring.
That means a country where government institutions quietly do their work, presidents neither threaten citizens nor give three-hour speeches that television stations are forced to carry, people can walk down the street without fear, and the economy is not perennially teetering on the brink of financial collapse.
The Pakistani Mecca of TerrorBERLIN – Almost seven decades after it was created as the first Islamic republic of the postcolonial era, Pakistan is teetering on the edge of an abyss.
After almost four decades of war, Afghanistan is, once again, teetering on the edge of a precipice.
Other states in the region have been teetering on the brink of failure from the outset.
Greece, Ireland, and Portugal, which is now teetering on the brink of insolvency, account for less than 6% of the eurozone economy.
The Party is OverMUNICH – With the United States teetering into recession, the global economic boom has ended.
But right now, the global economy is teetering on the precipice of disaster.
Only a couple – notably governance-challenged Venezuela – are in outright collapse; but many are teetering on the brink of recession.
With brutal crackdowns in Syria, a bloody civil war in Libya, and Yemen teetering on the brink of chaos, the number of skeptics is growing.
Now the US faces the uncertainty of a presidential election, weaker parts of the eurozone continue to struggle, and Japan is teetering on the edge of outright economic contraction.
A war in the Persian Gulf – still the world’s gas station – would affect oil exports for some time, and energy prices would skyrocket, dealing a severe blow to a global economy that is teetering on the brink of recession.
Meanwhile, large parts of the developing world – notably, the Middle East and North Africa – have been embroiled in conflict, with some teetering on the edge of state failure.