Yet the pliable president's departure is unlikely to do serious damage to the government.
What's more, some say drilling many holes may still do serious damage to the terrain.
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One would be a reverse nuclear option, which might cause serious damage to the Senate.
But if a woman catches the infection during early pregnancy it can cause serious damage to the developing baby.
Serious damage to the facility would prevent companies from resuming production and would require substantial investment to repair or rebuild.
In Grimsby, Nunsthorpe Community School will be closed all next week because heavy snowfall has caused serious damage to the building.
By blockading the raiders in American ports Britain did serious damage to the American economy, but this was a secondary interest.
But if we stay on the current path, our growing debt could cost us jobs and do serious damage to the economy.
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"Acts of corruption violated national laws, and did serious damage to the image of Chinese football, " said a statement on the CFA's official website.
Aside from immediate symptoms, like abdominal pain and diarrhea, celiac disease can cause serious damage to the small intestine over time, leading to poor absorption of nutrients and vitamins.
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But a deal that might just be approved by the German parliament has resulted in serious collateral damage to the credibility of policymakers in the eurozone and the IMF.
Pessimists worry that the descent to that point may do serious and lasting damage to the financial system.
If the U.S. stock indexes push and close below very strong technical support levels at their August lows, then that would produce serious chart damage to the stock indexes and suggest more downside pressure for them in the near term.
Third, the act causes serious violence against a person, serious damage to property, creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public, etc.
If it were not for this kick, the apparatus would be behaving just like Maxwell's Demon, a hypothetical creature (conceived of in the 19th century by James Clerk Maxwell) that could cause the spontaneous separation of hot and cold particles and thus do serious damage to some of the laws of physics.
The chief executive for the Americas sent an email to London saying the programme needed to "evaluate if its returns and strategic benefits are... still commensurate with the potential to cause very serious or even catastrophic reputational damage to the group".
"Failure" was defined as anything from collapse to damage so serious the bridge had to be closed.
Congress should force them to leave home before they do serious damage to themselves and the economy.
Athens might no longer be a war zone but atmospheric pollution had already caused serious damage to many of the marbles remaining there, he added.
Many of the island's 10, 000 residents claimed the drills had caused serious damage to human health and to the environment.
The spill, though at last contained, has done serious damage to two linchpins of the south-eastern Louisiana economy: oil and fishing.
"However, perceptions are just as important, and in that regard, serious damage has been done to the idea of Israeli deterrence, which may be very hard to rectify, " he added.
Serious damage would be done to the balance inherent in our tripartite form of government, in which no single branch (executive, legislative or judicial) is supposed to exert a death grip, or even a choke-hold, on any other.
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If these penitents really are serious about the damage they're about to cause in the life sciences, the next step is to send a real bill to the House.
But the wildcard that could do serious damage to their chances this time is voters' reaction to the recent sex and corruption scandals that have damaged the GOP's (the "Grand Old Party, " as the Republicans are popularly known) reputation as a party of probity and moral rectitude.
But industry insiders and regulators say another serious accident could do irreparable damage to the cruise lines' reputation -- and reinforce existing calls for more rigorous international regulation.
Most can be mollified before they do serious damage, but the bent to battle "unfair" liberalization of commerce doesn't bode well--not for the WTO 's Doha Round, already on life support, not for a new Pacific Rim attempt and not for bilateral trade pacts.
At heart it is an argument over the probability of serious damage as a result of climate change and the probability of serious damage as a result of trying to avoid it.
"He was more than happy to push the public school's rules to breaking point and a little beyond, but he - mostly - stopped short at the stage where his defiance would inflict serious damage to either his person or his academic career, " the book states.
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