Examples of catastrophe

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The unsettling of gender and race is hearing's twinned catastrophes.
How do states use catastrophes and for what ends?
Natural catastrophes, such as volcanic eruptions, may result in sites being buried very rapidly.
Not enough stems are included to justify more sophisticated modelling but it does appear that, barring catastrophes, stems will readily survive several centuries.
Quite suddenly, and for no apparent reason, the narrator's consciousness is overtaken by memories of long-forgotten horrors and catastrophes.
The research agenda is not to look for impending disasters or catastrophes lurking around the corner.
In that context, capital inflow episodes do not necessarily generate efficient solutions, but at least do not generate catastrophes, while inflows last.
They may be predictable, such as budget cycles, or unpredictable, such as natural catastrophes.
The former is largely visualized in terms of molecular events, notably mutation, although ecological catastrophes (including bolide impacts) are other jokers in the pack.
If so, some of these children would meet with undeserved catastrophes, such as early disability or death, which would pre-empt fair moral testing.
Several sources of cosmic catastrophes have been proposed over the years.
With respect to dealing with these catastrophes, the fundamental nature of crises is that one is never fully able to prevent or control them.
At the simplest level, patriotism lent meaning and purpose to personal catastrophes that would otherwise appear intolerable.
The warning is clear: catastrophes are on the increase.
Do firms with unique competencies for rescuing victims of human catastrophes have special obligations?
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