They will say, This is, then, a ruinous return!

They will say, This is, then, a ruinous return!

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

The burden of Damascus Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

The burden of Damascus Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it will be a ruinous heap.

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

Seeds and livestock, supplied or donated from abroad, do not yield as expected the imported cattle suffer from diseases and this is ruinous.

And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!

And We rained down on them a shower (of stones). How ruinous was the rain that fell on those who had been warned (but warned in vain)!

Moreover, the pro independence movement had consistently pressed for Puerto Rico's demilitarization and drawn attention to the ruinous impact of the United States military presence on the environment, public health and economy of nearby communities.

Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Haven't you heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? Now have I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.

Have you not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that it should be yours to destroy fortified cities, turning them into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

President Barack Obama has ended America s ruinous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Above all, it was the war in Iraq and thus former President George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers that brought Iran to its current position of strategic strength.

In short, an overwhelming majority of Americans are insured, with government a major financer of health care. But there remain about 54 million individuals who are not formally insured, and some insured individuals still face the risk of financially ruinous medical costs if they have very expensive medical treatment.

When capital flows out of the country as is happening now in some emerging markets it may be helpful if the central bank allows the currency to depreciate in an effort to boost exports and reduce imports. But if the country s borrowers have a lot of dollar denominated debt, depreciation can be ruinous.

Bailouts become more expensive and as in the case of Iceland may actually be unaffordable. Even when, as in the UK, the cost of losses is not completely ruinous, the direct damage to domestic credit and to broader confidence can be enough to hold back the economy for a half decade or more.

But this does not mean that breaking up the euro would be desirable, or even tolerable. Joining the euro was certainly ruinous for Greece, but there is always a great deal of ruin in a nation, as Adam Smith remarked 250 years ago, when losing the American colonies seemed to threaten Britain with financial devastation.

The Indian state s fundamental inability to redress grievances, correct mistakes, and attend to its citizens most basic needs has given rise to a ruinous level of corruption, as citizens, despairing of obtaining their due fairly, try to buy it instead. The state then turns into a monopoly seller, and thus an enemy of its own society.

The great virtue of capitalism is that it adapts to ruinous conditions and even finds ways of turning them to advantage. The United States in the mid nineteenth century was badly suited for a single currency and a single economic structure, as evidenced by the Civil War, which was provoked as much by single currency tensions as by moral abhorrence to slavery.

Tsipras might be impetuous, as his mainstream adversaries from the center left Pasok and the center right New Democracy would say, but he is not irrational. His is a rather sober reading of reality the austerity plan has become a highway to social hell for his countrymen, and would likely condemn Greece to long years of ruinous depression within a permanent debt trap, and possibly to a breakdown of democracy.