In the last six months there have been natural disasters of epic proportion, but the worst disasters are man-made and causing self inflicted wounds.
New prisons and new wings are being built at a time when the number of self inflicted deaths has gone down this year compared to this time last year.
It was a drag on our economy, and the kind of self-inflicted wound that we should not be self-inflicting here in Washington when we have so many challenges that we need to solve.
"Companies die from not being eaten by their competitors, but from self-inflicted wounds, " Mr. Houston said.
Clifford Baxter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, as was suspected.
And then, unfortunately, Washington got involved in a self-inflicted wound with the debt ceiling fiasco.
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The 37-year-old died from an "apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound", Arkansas sheriff Marty Moss said.
Conversely, government dysfunction or misguided fiscal policy can cause self-inflicted wounds to the economy.
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But Ohio's economy has been struggling for years, and most of its wounds are self-inflicted.
Any tarnish on Ferrari's season was self-inflicted by their shameless application of team tactics.
Our economy is poised to take off but we cannot afford a self-inflicted wound from Washington.
That said, pressure is ultimately self-inflicted and no-one expects more of Andy than the guy himself.
Speaking of solitude, Michonne has finally emerged from her own self-inflicted silence and isolation.
"Bailing your kids out of a self-inflicted financial mistake is going backward, " Garrett says.
But that will only happen if we put a stop to self-inflicted wounds in Washington.
To add insult to injury, it appears that it is going to be self-inflicted.
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The self-inflicted wound it too deep to bind, the bleeding too profuse to staunch.
Auvinen died at a Helsinki hospital late Wednesday of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
However, many of the black colleges' problems have been self-inflicted, with a number of notable scandals.
In April, former Atlanta Falcon safety Ray Easterling also committed suicide with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Ms Ortega, said to have been close to her employers, was bleeding from apparently self-inflicted stab wounds.
So it's a little rich that this great referee boondoggle is entirely self-inflicted, built at the top.
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To be fair, a few politicians from both parties are standing athwart this self-inflicted madness yelling stop.
But the fact is that was a self-inflicted wound and we can't have that kind of nonsense anymore.
Ms. McCready was pronounced dead at the scene from what appears to be a single self-inflicted gunshot wound.
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The control freak's desire to be successful is strong, but it comes with a lot of self-inflicted pressure.
It spares the Obama administration continuing damage from the self-inflicted wound of yet another very bad personnel decision.
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But decline, it turns out, is largely self-inflicted, and the path to recovery lies largely within our own hands.
They were called there after a fire alarm, and found a dead man with an apparently self-inflicted gun wound.
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