Besides, any scandal involving the Olympics was a potential disaster for the governing body.
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This brings me to a potential disaster--the Bush Administration's steel import quota.
So when you have a situation like that, and you have two very well-armed militaries, you have a recipe for a potential disaster.
With a potential disaster in Pakistan and the threat of a nuclear Iran, US attention seems to be going farther and farther eastward.
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But you've probably put less thought into how slowly you'll spend the money and in a way that will make it last--a potential disaster.
Residents across Bradford are being asked to complete a flood awareness survey as the council works out how it would deal with a potential disaster.
The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1938 to protect the rights of workers, has recently become a bonanza for private attorneys and a potential disaster for employers.
And the factors which made Murray's victory so heart-tugging also made it a potential disaster the pressure upon Team GB athletes to deliver at these games is comical, and had Murray faltered against Federer twice in one month on another global stage, you can only imagine the brutal headlines.
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The real long-range worry is a potential demographic disaster for Social Security, beginning around the year 2010.
It is also, unfortunately, a bad idea and a potential electoral disaster.
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But uncontrolled growth without continual pruning and streamlining is a potential recipe for disaster.
For nine days, all eyes were focused on Japan as traders and investors alike worried about the potential for a nuclear disaster.
While technical in nature -- using the word "hydrocarbon" to refer to oil, for example -- the letter depicts a process that failed to detect a potential cause of the disaster.
By mid-March, traders had become convinced that the combination of the geopolitical problems and supply interruptions (as well as the potential for a nuclear disaster) in Japan would cause the global economy to slow.
And speaking of the potential for a nuclear disaster, it is becoming clear that while the situation is tragic, the Dai-ichi plant is not Chernobyl and is not going to have a major economic impact.
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Creating a tool that combines both public and private sector data about housing, safety, the environment or even the potential for a natural disaster can be help those 35 million people make a more informed choice when looking for a new home.
Conflict in the Middle East is a man-made disaster that has the potential to take a turn to the dark side with lasting consequences.
Neighbors were evacuated, and then-Gov. Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency to contain the potential disaster.
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Change represents a loss of control and the potential for disaster.
And my singular focus over the next two years is not rescuing the economy from potential disaster, but rather jumpstarting the economy so that we actually start making a dent in the unemployment rate and we are equipping ourselves so that we can compete in the 21st century.
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The film turned out to be a disaster for Warner Bros but Silver and his directors, the Wachowski Brothers, saw potential in Rain, who had a small role in the film.
Any violation of the single-payer system and a limited budget has the potential of escalating both cost and the utilisation of services to the point of financial disaster.
The company has also been a strong source for cash flows for BP after it had to establish a multi-billion dollar fund last year to cope with the potential liabilities arising from its Gulf of Mexico disaster.
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