To watch it wither is at best frivolous, at worst dangerous.

It's a perverse irony at best an utter abomination at worst.

This obsession with virginity is shallow at best and deadly at worst.

Otherwise, such reform will be cosmetic at best, and meaningless at worst.

At its worst, it is part of America s curse.

Unfortunately, these revelations come at the worst possible moment.

The leadership change is occurring at the worst possible time.

At its worst, any populist movement can descend to demagoguery.

We are at our best in our own neighborhood and at our worst, too.

At this point, it has only days to avert the worst.

Second, with transparency we tend to see more of humans at their worst.

Poor policy choices, on the other hand, will at best delay recovery and at worst do permanent damage.

At worst, the efficiency costs would be minor at best, the tax would discourage excessive short term speculation.

For Russian leaders, 1989 s lesson was clear trusting the West was foolish at best, dangerous at worst.

Worst

Worst

We were told before the visit that the British public would be at best indifferent and at worst hostile.

Mr. Egeland said very clearly that the action taken by the Government of Zimbabwe in terms of the eviction programme was the worst possible action at the worst possible time.

Paris recently experienced humanity at its worst. The climate summit will be an opportunity to show it at its best.

We're at best ignored and maligned and abused, at worst, by negligent regulatory agencies, pernicious zoning and lax governmental accountability.

At the very least, there is a crisis of confidence, and, at worst, that lack of confidence is well deserved.

Recession and depression can lead to exclusion and, at worst, persecution of societies most vulnerable groups.

The worst drought in 60 years has left millions of people at the brink of starvation.

Offbeat China takes a look at the top 10 cities with worst air pollution in China.

At best, Russia is a potential partner in the effort to manage globalization s challenges at worst, it is a potential problem.

Worst talk ever!

Insuring the Worst

In 2012, the region proved once again that it is truly the best at perpetrating the worst.

Worst case estimates have China s real GDP growing at around 7 per year over the next decade.

It received seven Golden Raspberry Award nominations in 1987 including Worst Supporting Actor (Tim Robbins), Worst Director (Willard Huyck) and Worst Original Song ( Howard the Duck ).

Another Nobel laureate, Paul Krugman, has claimed that macroeconomics over the last three decades has been useless at best and harmful at worst.

As central banks venture farther into uncharted territory, advocates argue that at worst they will do no harm.

In that context, and as I told the Government in my meetings in Harare, the massive urban eviction campaign of hundreds of thousands of people was the worst possible action at the worst possible time.

In a world divided between two uncompromising superpowers, India s temporizing seemed like appeasement at best, and aid and comfort for the enemy at worst.

During 1977, the worst year for human rights violations, the average Latin American rate of terror stood at 3.0.

True, Maliki s nascent dictatorship is lighter than that of Saddam at his worst, and perhaps that is some progress.

He was my worst teacher.

The Worst of All Worlds

Despite providing 20 billion to Pakistan in counterterrorism aid since 9 11, the US has received grudging assistance, at best, and duplicitous cooperation, at worst.

At best, Syria will emerge from the current conflict with a decentralized or federal state at worst, the country will go the way of Somalia.

The police are at best useless and at worst outright employees of the drug lords the army is less tainted, but unprepared for the role.

His drug addiction was at its worst at this point, and his destructive behavior led to a divorce from his first wife and canceled performances.

Before 2007, such a policy was seen as a mistake at worst now it is interpreted as a malign strategy.

But risk takers have every incentive to try their luck again, knowing that, at worst, they will be bailed out.

Eastern Europe was the worst hit.