Iran would attribute these to "the hand of God, " but the more pragmatic effect would be a very substantial portion of the world's oil suddenly removed from world supply.
Though both rich and poor countries have been working to get the talks back on track since then, a substantial reduction of the rich world's bloated farm subsidies is crucial to bringing their poorer brethren back into the fold.
The case also seems oblivious to the substantial legal hurdles that lawyers around the world have been pondering for more than two weeks.
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But it also seems clear that Prokhorov, a man with property holdings all over the world and substantial international exposure as the owner of an NBA franchise, is much more independent, and more capable of striking independent political positions, than a party functionary in the old Soviet system.
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The reserve, located in the Texas panhandle, is the only long-term substantial storage source for helium in the world.
In its brief Monday, the Center for Food Safety said the current intellectual property environment related to transgenic crops has spurred a substantial privatization and concentration of the world's seed supply that has resulted in 10 multinational corporations holding approximately 65 percent of commercial seed for major crops.
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It's enough to say that for the next six years, the Iraq war drew the dominant share of our troops, our resources, our diplomacy, and our national attention -- and that the decision to go into Iraq caused substantial rifts between America and much of the world.
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The years from the end of World War II into the 1970s were ones of substantial economic growth and broadly shared prosperity.
As a result, exports, which account for about 31% of the Chinese economy and support 200 million jobs according to the World Bank, are unlikely to create substantial growth in either the short or medium term.
In fact, in the past couple of years there has been substantial investment in last-mile infrastructure around the world.
The impact of this tech domestically is substantial, but the real excitement is in the developing world, where wastewater treatment plants tend to be far and few between and electricity is seriously in need.
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In 1988, he won substantial damages from The News of the World after it accused him of being out drinking when he was actually at an NHS debate as a Whip and teller.
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On Monday October 10th, Rob Portman, the country's trade representative, proposed substantial cuts to rich-world agricultural supports at a meeting of ministers from 15 key members of the WTO.
Irish talk radio programs have been afire with discussions about the propiority of making a 66 year-old self-made tycoon of global proportions (Quinn was termed the 164th richest man in the world by Forbes in 2008) a national scapegoat, as a substantial minority of the population (especially those in border counties near his own) and some his former job holders avow.
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England is the only country in the rugby union world where clubs have attracted substantial private investment.
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Of course, real deficit reduction would surely involve substantial spending reductions and, in the real world, Congress might raise some new revenues by cutting tax subsidies not just raising rates.
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It is thought that the UK operation will be put on hold for several weeks while the British Geological Survey considers the situation, but given the potential importance of fracking as a substantial contribution to world future energy needs, it is almost certain that it will not be abandoned.
Italy has not only a substantial budget deficit but, more tellingly, the world's third-largest debt.
It'll come from Iraqi oil revenues, other donor nations, substantial pledges still yet to be met, and the World Bank.
Almost single-handedly he took moral philosophy back to an earlier tradition of direct engagement with the world, and in doing so has made three substantial contributions to ethical debate: on animal rights, on poverty and on euthanasia.
"This latest Gorbachev plea for substantial American taxpayer credit guarantees should be viewed by the world as a revealing and critical test of the Bush Administration's policy toward the fragmenting Soviet Union at an historic crossroad, " said Roger W. Robinson, Jr.
Gas flaring (burning off natural gas released by oil drilling) in the delta produces 70 million metric tons of carbon emissions a year -- "a substantial proportion of worldwide greenhouse gas, " according to the World Bank.
"Addressing the world food crisis in all its immediate and longer-term aspects requires substantial and sustained financial and political commitment, " he said.
Biden has served several terms as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which he heads now, and has substantial contacts with world leaders.
What we can say is that substantial failure would imperil not just the company, but Japan and, perhaps, the world.
Despite substantial improvements over the past 20 years in many key areas of sustainable development, the world is not on track to achieve the goals adopted in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
As a result stock markets around the world began rallying off their late August lows, and produced the rarity of a substantial rally in September and October, historically the worst two months of the year.
If you look, by the way, at Iran's place in the wake of the Arab Spring and the cost that they've paid for the choices and decisions their leaders have made here, not being able to assure the world that they're engaged in peaceful nuclear activities, it's been substantial -- with respect to their economy, with respect to their political isolation.
Whatever the defects in Muslim eyes of American foreign policy, the United States has a substantial Muslim population which on the whole seems pretty comfortable there, and has produced some of the world's best Islamic thinkers.
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