The figures are indeed startling.

Their actions represent an appalling crime against humanity.

That is an appalling situation and a blight on a key area of United Nations activity.

The task facing the IMF is formidable.

The Second World War brought terrible experiences to many nations.

With respect to Iraq, the people of Iraq face appalling challenges from terrorism.

Altogether, our experience one that I know is shared by many others has been daunting.

Unemployment is conservatively estimated at a staggering 40 of the workforce.

Those protracted conflict situations are terrible problems for the regions in which they linger.

The threat continues to evolve as Al Qaida increasingly represents an idea of violent opposition to a whole range of local and global circumstances rather than a coherent group with fixed goals.

The challenges ahead of us for the all round development of youth are daunting.

At the same time, the proposed solutions for the problem of global warming have been awful.

Recent data on consumer spending in the United States have been terrible.

It could have gone terribly wrong, bringing down her and her administration.

A couple of children had fled home following horrific mistreatment from their step mothers.

Nevertheless, the living conditions of many Roma remain appalling.

The result is terrifying the protest increases, with 83 of the electorate voting without choosing a candidate.

It seeks rules to protect the innocent against appalling assaults on their life and on their dignity.

The numbers are compelling, as I think the Security Council well knows, maybe better than anybody.

Anti capitalist revolution was tried in half of Europe in the last century, with dire results.

The impact of the Fed s policy and hot money has been dramatic.

The real story of Bo s career one of infidelity, betrayal, and corruption is appalling.

They have suffered through appalling civil conflicts that have resulted in untold suffering.

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It has also contributed to the prevention of injustice in contexts far removed from the Balkans.

In the early 1990 s, Norway, Sweden, and Finland experienced a horrendous real estate, banking, and currency crisis.

These are startling figures. Yet, they have not made headlines like, say, a plane crash would.

Europe, too, has suffered from appalling atrocities over the past two years in Russia, Turkey, Spain and the United Kingdom.

The Greek attempt to create a land of milk and honey by excessive borrowing is hair raising.

These feelings can inspire religious faith, or even horrific violence perpetrated in the name of faith.

The results were dreadful Fiorentina fell into the bottom half of the standings and were relegated on the last day of the season.

One horrifying fact is very illustrative every three seconds a child dies due to poverty.

The tsunami in the Indian Ocean was a horrible tragedy, in response to which the international community has displayed solidarity.

The situation on the ground for those who died, their families, neighbours and friends is gruesome, cruel and, indeed, dire.

In the subsequent eight year civil war, waged with appalling brutality by both sides, up to 200,000 people lost their lives.

This will not only delay the restoration of economic growth, but will also have dire political consequences.

The consequences are harrowing drought and famine, loss of livelihood, the spread of water borne diseases, forced migrations, and even open conflict.

The smell from the meat and dairy works was, by all accounts, appalling, and the annual slaughter of whales in the 1950s and 1960s made matters worse.

After a particularly horrible massacre in 1996, a new prime minister, John Howard, declared that enough was enough.

Our cities are exploding in size, depleting water resources and creating horrific traffic congestion.

In fact, in 2009, Medvedev s second year in office, a devastating series of such killings occurred.

In 1945, a world that was awakening from horror decided to create an Organization intended to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war.

Easy access to guns in the US leads to horrific murder rates relative to other highly educated and wealthy societies.

That decision followed an undercover investigation by Animal Defenders International, which exposed shocking abuse of circus animals.

The image on the computer screen is shocking a man, lying on a hospital bed, his head bandaged, with long trickles of blood running from the top of his scalp.