Such an incident only raised more "what if" questions: What if the dam had suffered greater damage?

这样的事件提出了诸多“如果”之类的问题：如果大坝在地震中遭到了更大的破坏，会产生怎样的后果？

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Prolonged economic weakness does far greater damage to public finances than temporary fiscal activism.

持续的经济低迷对公共财政的破坏比临时的财政积极主义大得多。

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Periods of stability always lead to excess and eventual crisis, and freer financial markets only lead to greater damage.

那些稳定的周期总是导致泡沫甚至危机，更加自由的金融市场只会加剧损失。

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As governments debate who is to shoulder greater responsibility for slowing climate change and paying for the damage, profound change,says Dr.Anond, should come from individuals.

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There are fears poor harvests caused by heavy rainfall could cause greater damage to the industry than 2001's devastating foot-and-mouth outbreak.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Lost harvest prompts EU aid calls

There have been many security holes exploited in Web servers belonging to Yahoo Inc. that have caused far greater damage than our disclosure.

ENGADGET: Yahoo confirms server breach, over 400k accounts compromised

But that result did even greater damage to the presidential hopes of Mrs Gomes's campaign adviser and former husband, Ciro Gomes, who ran against Mr Cardoso in 1998.

ECONOMIST: Brazil