Mandatory minimum sentences for drug offences, for example, have been a double disaster, diverting a lot of money from the war on serious crime and turning huge numbers of minor miscreants into hardened criminals.

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Paul Krugman argues that policymakers haven't done enough, so we must double-down now to avert disaster.

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But he was rocky Saturday, and Sunday was a disaster, as Woods bogeyed the first two holes, double-bogeyed on the third, and yanked himself from the conversation, wrapping at seven over par.

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Yes, the US economic recovery is mediocre, but the US economy is still growing and there is almost no chance, short of some unforeseen economic disaster, that could cause the US to slip back into a double-dip recession.

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But the power industry, which must double its output roughly every decade if India is to grow fast, has long been a disaster waiting to happen.

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Russia plans to double its atomic energy capability, even as experts say safety standards have improved little since the Chernobyl disaster which happened 20 years ago this week.

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The government has trained nearly 50, 000 community volunteers in disaster management, and the country has more than 3, 000 cyclone shelters, many of which double as schools.

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