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.

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.

Sami is a complete idiot.

Our teacher is a complete idiot.

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.

Layla's house burned to the ground.

Your whole life is a complete disaster.

Sami was a complete idiot.

The Law was fully applied.

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.

So, in both cases, when a debt is defaulted upon or loans become non performing, the negative consequences are felt by the entire financial and monetary zone the entire EU and all of China.

It looks like this house is a total mess.

Sami's whole life changed.

Their reasons are entirely understandable.

But they don t go all the way.

This perception is not entirely false.

But this is not the whole story.

The place was packed.

It is completely metallic at 155 GPa.

This is not a completely solved problem.

The region is using the tool pack in full.

The costs of treatment were met in full by the State.

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.