Ms Gillard described the fire which hit the Coonabarabran area as "the perfect storm".
In a few cases, the perfect storm brews when questionable judgments lead a company into crisis.
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Events have transpired to create the perfect storm for both Vick and the Eagles.
"This is like the perfect storm of the energy situation, " said Davis spokesman Steve Maviglio.
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But can arts really blow away the clouds from the perfect storm battering the UK economy?
But firearms supporters are facing "the perfect storm" in Colorado now, he said.
The sense of entitlement among modern consumers combined with years of expected perfection created the perfect storm of discontent.
The current numbers are for Q3 2012, and that creates the perfect storm.
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As a result, we have the perfect storm for the spread of influenza.
Such high concentrations of information also create the perfect storm for hacking.
During the 1920s and 1930s Cain sights the perfect storm of the rise of business, immigration, and urbanization in generating this shift.
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Tuesday's showdown is the perfect storm of personal animus and political reality.
And that competitive landscape provides the perfect storm for Lin to step in and partner with EA or 2K on the next game.
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Poverty, distrust of police, and high unemployment can create the perfect storm necessary to give criminals cover in an outburst of legitimate anger and resentment.
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When we take the Federal Reserve position of lowering interest rates, we have the perfect storm for runaway inflation and much higher metal prices in the future.
"For us and, I know, other golf companies, this time of the year is the perfect storm of opportunity, " said Brandon Sowell, Golf Pride's global marketing manager.
During the climax of the pilgrimage, crowds can reach a density of up to seven people every 10 square feet -- the perfect storm of flu transmission.
Now Hurricane Sandy will slam the east coast of the US 21 years (three cycles of seven years) to the day of the anniversary of the Perfect Storm back in 1991.
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Bob Case, a retired NOAA meteorologist and the Boston-based forecaster who coined the phrase "the perfect storm, " said the weather models did a "fantastic job" in helping him and other forecasters predict the storm.
It might seem the perfect storm: the prospect of less reliable harvests, a growing world population and demand for food projected by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization to rise 70% by mid-century.
But the worry is what one economist called "The Perfect Storm" scenario -- a jump in oil prices accompanied by declining stock prices and worsening economies overseas -- a scenario that's no longer so hard to imagine.
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"If last year was in many respects the perfect storm of talent and experience to get us to the College World Series, this has been kind of the reverse perfect storm, " Senk said Thursday from his office on Long Island, N.
"The factors employed by Forbes to generate this ranking list capture well the perfect storm that has enveloped the University of California system, " says spokesman Peter King--who's quick to note that this spring the 10 UC campuses received a record 135, 029 applicants.
Historians are already calling the storm unprecedented, suggesting it is reminiscent of the 1991 perfect storm that struck northern New England.
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"In my view, these actions set the conditions for the 'perfect storm' that is sweeping over millions of American homeowners today, " he said.
At the forefront of this perfect storm, and the ensuing insurance debacle, is Florida.
We see more of the elements for a perfect storm gathering in the energy and basic materials sectors.
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