"And since it is so much more expensive and so much more difficult to cure, that would be a catastrophe."

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Bernanke has been praised for taking aggressive action to prevent an economic catastrophe after last year's widespread problems in the financial industry.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

But the ACLU's statement, like the congressional vote, occurred before last week's potential catastrophe on a U.S.-bound jet.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

It warns of a nearing catastrophe. For Intifar's father, Mahmoud Abu Ibrahim,a farmer in his 80s whose crops depend on rainfall, the catastrophe is here.

VOA: standard.2009.08.01

So it's a major, not only an environmental, but human catastrophe."

VOA: standard.2010.06.18

"As a human being and particularly as a citizen of the only country ever to suffer such a nuclear catastrophe, I believe with all my heart and soul that these horrific weapons must be eliminated."

VOA: standard.2010.08.06

"That is including Iraq, Afghanistan,etc. So,the scale of violations that have been committed there and the scale of active killing and death due to a lack of humanitarian service, access to health,etc., exceeds any other catastrophe on the Planet."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12