Globalization is also a two edged sword.

Both the smallsword and the rapier remained popular dueling swords well into the 18th century.

Other challenges loom.

For me, it s a double edged sword.

This tactic has proven to be a two edged sword.

Moreover, several risks lie ahead.

May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two edged sword in their hand

Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand

Everyone feels that a seismic shift is under way.

Finally, serious geopolitical risks loom large.

The looming known unknowns are plentiful.

A showdown also looms over tax policy.

All of this amounted to a human and economic disaster in the making.

Many see currency wars looming.

Whoever wins, a fiscal cliff looms at the end of 2012.

This is how Anna describes the life of the village with World War II looming on the horizon

Elsewhere in the Middle East, tensions are either escalating or are brewing dangerously.

The dreaded inflationary endgame suddenly looms as a very real possibility.

And, after China, India looms as the next emerging coal based industrial superpower.

Now we are already at the second rung of intervention, and there seems to be no end in sight.

But this mortality banner is the very sword which mammography's most ardent advocates use to deter innovation.

Who wants to build up debt if there might be a financial crisis around the corner?

Instead, they will be blamed for not seeing an impending catastrophe that was staring them in the face.

So far, investors have been complacent about the risks posed by the looming budget fight.

Given recent technological developments, the possibility that space weapons could be deployed looms ever closer.

That means that a period of legislative stalemate looms over many of the big issues.

All of this implies that connectedness will remain a double edged sword the leverage it provides being fraught with vulnerability.

Indeed, the looming US debate underscores a more general point since time immemorial, war has been a double edged sword.

The storm is on the horizon, but there may still be time to prepare to weather it safely.

For some years now, synthetic biology has been looming as the next big issue in bioethics. The scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute expected to be told that they were playing God, and they were not disappointed.

Given the scale of the looming catastrophe, the world cannot afford to leave things as they are.

He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

And he had in his right hand seven stars and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

The looming accession process will be even more painful, but Turkey s people are firmly resolved to face this challenge.

But all of this can change rapidly when a crisis looms, especially if it threatens the integrity of the European project.

The cockroach's tendency to dine on its own feces as well as dead cockroaches was both its strength, and its liability.

Twenty years ago, in the weeks that preceded Iraq s invasion of Kuwait, many observers saw signs of a looming crisis.

And there is always the looming disaster of climate change, which may well be the most serious threat the world has ever faced.

Currency wars are thus on the horizon, with Japan and Switzerland engaging in early battles to weaken their exchange rates.

A major realignment of forces in the region is looming, and, with it, a new round of Asia s old Great Game.

If and when the Union lifts the embargo, Europe will be refusing to take responsibility for the catastrophe that may be approaching.

It seems that frustration with the performance of Egypt's ruling military council in leading the transitional period is mounting and some say that a confrontation is looming on the horizon.

These are the major questions looming before us as the president elect prepares the American people for what can only be a rough ride ahead.