Harris Private Bank's Jack Ablin says deep recessions generate a vicious circle between job losses and reduced economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.07.02

The International Organization for Migration says most of Iraq's more than 1.5 million internally displaced people are caught in a vicious cycle of despair.

VOA: standard.2009.10.04

"If we are to defeat this vicious insurgency and by doing so make Britain and the world a safer place, then we must persist with our operations in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.07.13

Galmudug regional government Minister of Planning Omar Mohamud warns that not implementing a long-term solution to the water problem will fuel the vicious cycle of droughts, hunger,and violence and keep the Somali people in the iron grip of poverty.

VOA: standard.2009.10.06