We will pay an enormous price in cleanup costs, economic losses and environmental and social damage.
This conjures up a vision of the 1960s, when many of the ugliest council estates, which did huge social damage, were built.
The weakening of marriage has been heterosexuals' doing, not gays', for it is their infidelity, divorce rates and single-parent families that have wrought social damage.
This has had the unintended consequence of making people even more afraid of what they are eating, moving safe foods into the scary category and limiting food exports, causing even further economic and social damage.
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There has been vociferous local and national debate against them, with the anti-dams campaign, Patagonia sin Represas (Patagonia without Dams) emphasising irreversible social and environmental damage.
Even France's conservative president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is unwilling to damage social cohesion (and risk trouble in the streets) by pushing hard for labour-market, pension and welfare reforms.
Some ways that social media can damage reputations or lead to leaks are obvious, such as disgruntled or careless employees blurting out negative information or company secrets.
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The Bishop of Chester, the Right Reverend Peter Forster, said that unsatisfactory remuneration could damage social cohesion, arguing that "the greater the inequality, the greater the chance of creating more of an underclass".
While we should all applaud big companies that are reducing the social and environmental damage of their practices and products, the article glosses over the two biggest questions and it simultaneously maligns one of the most innovative companies in the sustainable business space, Method home products.
Singapore has none of the collateral damage and social costs associated with drug abuse.
Students have been warned that posting tales of their nights out on social networking sites could damage their career prospects.
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The reason, according to Mr Bush, is that this would damage an important social institution.
When are we going to recognize that no matter how strong we are, others (our peers, we are after all social animals) can do damage and there most certainly is a formula for assessing that damages and forcing people to pay.
Gates were installed in the alleys more than a year ago to prevent criminal damage and anti-social behaviour.
Burt Proctor, chairman of Audley and District Parish Council, said criminal damage and anti-social behaviour had been going on at the site for years, but there was little evidence of "anyone caught".
The force said the crimes came in many forms including criminal damage, verbal abuse and social media abuse.
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The gender stereotypes perpetuated by books such as Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus damage our ability to tackle serious social issues, including educational underachievement, bullying, divorce, and violence.
The mental health problems that result from emotional damage require more, not less, social support, and not just from parents, who may be overwhelmed and ashamed of their offspring.
Unemployment is known to damage happiness because not working falls short of social expectations.
Police said there was a 57% reduction in "youth-related annoyance" compared to the three months before the trail, and a 51% fall in all anti-social type incidents, including drink-related offences, criminal damage and noise nuisance.
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Rogue employees could do even more damage, says Clara Shih, the founder of Hearsay Social Inc.
Clearly, the consumer products executives recognize that using social media for marketing to consumers puts them at risk of unintentional damage to their reputations.
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The Scottish Chambers of Commerce said it firmly believed the plans were "misguided" and would damage the capacity of town centres to adapt to changing economic and social trends.
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