Breezy Point in Queens was the scene of horrific destruction by fire in the teeth of the storm, with as many as 100 homes destroyed.
FORBES: #Sandy Relief and Recovery: How You Can Help [Updated]
The hall was lucky to escape destruction by both the 1834 fire and World War II bombing with its vast stained glass arched window dominating one end still intact (c).
Just as they fear the destruction of their belongings by fire or theft, businesses may also be concerned that exchange- or interest-rate movements may turn a good idea into a lossmaker.
ECONOMIST: Economies need derivatives, but reform is justified
Even Jonah, who should have been very self satisfied at saving the entire city of Ninevah from destruction, was petulant because the promised fire and brimstone was thwarted by a repentant population.
The great Chicago fire in 1871 and the San Francisco earthquake and fire in 1906 were tides of destruction rolling for days across large, unfocused landscapes.
In estimating the impact on the market of the removal of a major U.S. city in a nuclear attack, he analyzes the effects of the San Francisco earthquake and fire early in the last century and the destruction of New Orleans after Katrina.
Several trucks and their contents were set on fire on the outskirts of N'Djamena, but the government denies responsibility for the destruction.
Brown resigned September 12 after coming under fire over his qualifications and for what critics called a bungled federal response to Hurricane Katrina's destruction.
The United States and Britain accused Baghdad of violating that cease-fire and invaded Iraq in March with the stated aim of stripping the country of banned weapons of mass destruction.
It produced destruction on a different scale than that seen in neighborhoods such as Breezy Point, the Rockaway Peninsula enclave where a fire ravaged dozens of homes and flooding knocked bungalows off their foundations.
应用推荐