Even deflated balloons are better than a devastated planet.

Natural disasters have also had a destructive impact of exceptional scale.

The Limits to Growth warned humanity in 1972 that devastating collapse was just around the corner.

Meanwhile, drought alone was having a devastating impact on an additional nine regions.

We will be happy if the Ossetian side and, especially, their patrons in Russia finally realize and understand that keeping conflicts in a frozen state is destructive and start negotiations without preconditions.

And, while muddling through is a characteristic response of complex political systems, it is deeply destructive.

We live in a world where the prospect of devastating climate change confronts us all.

January 14, 1907 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than 1,000.

The depression had devastating effects in virtually every country, rich or poor.

The attack has had a noticeable effect on Gaza's economy, with hardly any civilian infrastructure left untouched over 18,000 homes destroyed, as well as over 100 schools, 50 health care centers and 17 hospitals damaged or 20 destroyed.

Obama cannot be faulted for trying.

For a country whose global leadership depends as much on its soft power as on its military might, that is dynamite.

I visited the site of a demolished house in the Al Zaytoun area of Gaza city and spoke to members of the Ashour family.

In that position, he played a prominent role in the reconstruction of Detroit following a devastating fire in 1805.

The 1970 Bhola cyclone was a devastating tropical cyclone that struck East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and India's West Bengal on 12 November 1970.

Failure to act quickly and globally will leave our children and grandchildren struggling to adapt to rapidly rising seas and devastating weather.

The alternative is either a sovereign debt crisis, followed by a destructive spike in borrowing costs, or a growing burden for subsequent generations of taxpayers.

Children The Darwins had ten children two died in infancy, and Annie's death at the age of ten had a devastating effect on her parents.

The degradation of more than a billion hectares of land has had a devastating impact on development in many parts of the world.

More moderate critics say that protests will happen during the Cup, and wonder if they will have the same effect on the popularity of President Dilma as before, making way for the right wing parties.

After a devastating fire in 1810, Raahe was rebuilt adhering to new design principles which minimized the risk of fire and enlarged some civic spaces.

As witnessed the world over, a natural disaster such as a cyclone, made worse by the effects of climate change, can have a devastating effect on economies and lives.

Destruction, abandonment of education and health systems, dispersal of families, break up of traditional solidarity networks and psychological trauma had had a devastating effect on social and human capital.

The Israeli government and Palestinian political leaders are locked in a ruinous struggle, which merely aids extremists on both sides.

Mr. Ndimeni (South Africa) said that natural disasters often had a devastating effect on communities and required massive intervention to assist the population.

This problem was exacerbated by a devastating locust swarm, which was caused when their natural predators were killed as part of the Great Sparrow Campaign.

This one was great it went to 100,000 feet, but didn't quite. Actually, it went 11 feet into the solid clay and it became a bunker buster, drilling down into the clay. It had to be dug out.

NEW YORK It is hard to ignore how many highly visible men in recent years (indeed, months) have behaved in sexually self destructive ways.

If collective inaction prevails, we risk a return to the political and economic woes of the 1930 s, which paved the way to a devastating world conflict.

His warning urging women to wait and consider the negatives of such a damageable activity adds to concerns voiced by other conscious Saudi citizens

There also was a call for targeted, rather than blanket sanctions, and for fair and transparent procedures for applying and lifting sanctions, with clear recognition of their devastating impact on the lives of civilians.

Deficits have to fall within a time horizon of 5 10 years. The alternative is either a sovereign debt crisis, followed by a destructive spike in borrowing costs, or a growing burden for subsequent generations of taxpayers.

Four, or even eight, more years of US policy à la Bush would inflict such damage on the substance of the transatlantic alliance as to threaten its very existence.

Players can play as either the Humans or the Chimerans (but due to updates, the player can now be a Cloven, a Female Ranger, or a Ravager), and get to choose their weapon loadout before and during a game while respawning.

During the first World War, president Woodrow Wilson called upon all American citizens to utilize any available open space for food growth, seeing this as a way to pull them out of a potentially damaging situation.

It is now mired in an existential crisis more profound than at any point since 1945. And, while muddling through is a characteristic response of complex political systems, it is deeply destructive.

The interwar period, which suffered from a similar crisis of leadership, produced not only a collapse of globalization, but a devastating armed conflict on a global scale.

Although Truman was told briefly on the afternoon of April 12 that the Allies had a new, highly destructive weapon, it was not until April 25 that Secretary of War Henry Stimson told him the details.

On 26 December 2004 a massive earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale struck the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia, followed by numerous and often severe aftershocks.

Lebanon has repeatedly served as a battleground for the parties to the Arab Israeli conflict, with devastating impact on its national unity and independence, as demonstrated by its tragic civil war (1975 1990) and by various military campaigns on its soil.

Recognizing also the devastating impact of conflicts fuelled by the trade in conflict diamonds on the peace, safety and security of people in affected countries, and the systematic and gross human rights violations that have been perpetrated in such conflicts,

After all, the human sex drive, especially if it compels risky or self destructive behavior, has held appeal for dramatists since the ancient Greeks, who originated the story of Achilles and his vulnerability.

Priority was being given to malaria which was having a devastating impact and was a far more pressing issue in the Gambia than HIV AIDS, and to sensitizing communities to malaria prevention.

Recognizing also the devastating impact of conflicts fuelled by the trade in conflict diamonds on the peace, safety and security of people in affected countries, and the systematic and gross human rights violations that have been perpetrated in such conflicts,

Expressing its grave concern and sympathy over the human casualties caused by the worst natural disasters and their devastating impact on the socio economic situation in the Economic Cooperation Organization region, which is prone to disasters such as earthquakes, floods and drought,