He had been stirring up hysteria for weeks that the sequester would cripple the economy and wreak untold disaster and inconvenience on the American people.
Pengassan members monitor the quantity and quality of crude leaving Nigerian terminals, and some observers have said the strike threatens to cripple the country's export capability.
Hers is an event so demanding on the body that UK Athletics's Max Jones has dubbed it the "cripple jump".
But they have managed to kill the creation of new public companies in the U.S., cripple the venture capital business, and damage entrepreneurship.
Athletic Directors such as Troy Dannen of the University of Northern Iowa think the loss of such games could cripple the budget of institutions like his.
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Meanwhile, the Ashmolean Museum, also in Oxford, has a tiny show of Brazilian baroque art, including expressive wood carvings by a legendary 18th-century mulatto sculptor who was nicknamed O Aleijadinho, the Little Cripple, because in later life he became so disfigured by disease that his assistants had to strap his tools to his wrists.
But it also hints at the capricious Mr Hussein's power to cripple the Kurdish economy overnight, should he decide to flood it by releasing billions of Swiss dinars.
Even more appalling than the steps the Clinton Administration has taken to date that would cripple the SDI program is the fact that such an outcome is precisely what the Administration intends to accomplish.
If documents were released showing the church to have been negligent, the risk is that juries might award damages large enough to cripple the church (last year the Catholic dioceses of Spokane, Portland and Tucson all declared bankruptcy).
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Despite the credit rating, investors fear that punitive-damage awards could cripple the industry, or even wipe it out.
In the first, the loss of the Left Front's votes in parliament would be likely to cripple the government's policymaking ability.
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Indeed, profit is inconsistent with the point of such a programme which is to socialise losses that would otherwise cripple the financial sector and toss millions of people out of their homes.
On the other hand, many Republicans, led by their intellectual lights at the conservative Heritage Foundation, among others, have long accepted--no, championed--the notion that unless people are forced to carry insurance, freeloaders who land in emergency rooms will cripple the health care system.
The Bush administration says Kyoto's mandatory limits on greenhouse gas emissions, notably carbon dioxide, would cripple the economy.
U.S. officials believe the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is increasingly dominating Tehran's foreign policy, particularly as sanctions threaten to cripple the Iran economy.
Higher interest rates they argue would cripple the economy and permanently increase debt service costs.
America already claims to have captured two-thirds of al-Qaeda's leaders, so this could cripple the group.
Losing Florida would cripple the Romney campaign on Tuesday night, but a victory would keep it competitive.
That kind of fine could cripple the University, especially at a time of cutbacks and budget shortfalls.
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Unfortunately, these rich apps are beginning to cripple the very carriers that make them possible in the first place.
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Critics contend the vouchers could cripple public schools by diverting desperately needed funds.
How could anyone insist that not paying such extra would cripple the nation and then not pay that extra voluntarily?
By that logic, putting a wall between the offensive and defense halves of the NSA could cripple its defensive talents.
First, ObamaCare will cripple the ability of health insurance companies that offer Medicare Advantage plans to compete with Medigap providers.
This week, SOPA and PIPA were threatening to cripple the Internet.
High interest rates will cripple the economy and create social instability.
Maybe a fairly stiff transaction tax would cripple the capital markets.
That can paralyze you with fear and anxiety, it can destroy your ability to live comfortably in the world and cripple your ability to create great art, careers, companies and quests.
Sullivan continues to explain how headcount freezes can negatively impact revenue and cripple the future sustainability of a corporation by reducing its capacity to innovate (see The Economic Downturn Means That Hiring Freezes Will Soon Decimate Recruiting).
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