Or would our cherished communications tools spread rumors of conspiracies and attacks and impending doom?
But despite the sense of impending doom, the government still thinks Germany is better off than other EU countries.
And this circumstance isn't the first time prominent news producers, supported by "scientific experts", have warned about impending doom.
When the silence of an empty room ignites a visceral impending doom reaction, challenge why you shudder out of terror.
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Few sectors of the U.S. economy have detected more persistent signs of impending doom in recent years than the defense industry.
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But college students tend to be more willing to follow the smooth-tongued pied pipers who invade their campuses warning of impending doom.
Almost any sign of impending doom helps support the Mayan end-of-the-world prediction.
Stories of impending doom will attract more attention than articles suggesting that we might be getting ready to pull out of the slump.
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More presentations, more PowerPoints, a whole worldwide web of talking heads wielding bar graphs and reasoned argumentation and an overarching message of impending doom.
The two flatmates also complained of waking up completely drained of energy, screaming in the early morning hours with horrible feelings of impending doom.
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The 1891 hubbub of impending doom for the (nascent) newspaper powers is especially interesting in light of the similar goings-on when radio and then television came onto the scene.
On the flip side of the opportunity argument for portfolio protecting appreciation from these assets are the calls for the impending doom of traditional portfolio protectors like government bonds, particularly those with maturities that are longer than just a few years.
Although some may view this with a feeling of impending doom, much of the recent decline in the equity market may be attributed to some investors being disappointed with the outcome of the election rather than from any perceived impact from the fiscal cliff.
Patty I was told, because of a youthful infatuation one supposes, had also asked her father to take a private meeting with Ms. Caldicott in order to give a hearing to what apparently Patty thought were compelling warnings and pleas with respect to the evils of nuclear weapons and impending doom associated with expanding commercial nuclear energy.
How high must profits go before a modest wage increase isn't raised as a specter of impending corporate doom?
"Our reaction to the impending economic doom, if that's what's going to happen, is that we should go on doing the same and more so, " he said.
The impending fiscal cliff may or may not become a reality but the sense of doom is driven by the fear that dividends will become taxable at much higher rates.
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