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George W. Bush, a charming and utterly gracious man, was a catastrophic twofer. He took the United States to war in Iraq, a wrenching debacle: more than 4,000 Americans dead, nearly 32,000 wounded, and the Middle East destabilized with Iranian influence enhanced.
Richard Cohen
War
Man
Took
States
East
Wounded
Wrenching
Charming
More
He
Catastrophic
Dead
George
Iranian
George W
Iraq
George W. Bush
Than
Gracious
American
Middle
Influence
Middle East
Bush
Enhanced
United
United States
Nearly
Utterly
Only if everyone buys insurance can insurers afford to cover people with preexisting conditions or pay the costs of catastrophic diseases.
Robert Reich
People
Pay
Everyone
Only
Costs
Catastrophic
Insurance
Cover
Conditions
Afford
Diseases
Preexisting
Buys
Because we make ourselves deaf to feedback, because we overestimate our abilities, because we become consumed with ourselves, we end up subjecting ourselves not just to the inevitable stumbles or difficulties of life but catastrophic, painful failures.
Ryan Holiday
Life
Feedback
Become
Inevitable
Difficulties
Our
Ourselves
Ability
Consumed
Catastrophic
Failures
Make
Deaf
Because
Overestimate
End
Up
Just
Painful
Historical experience shows that a crisis causes either a recovery or catastrophic consequences.
Sergei Lavrov
Experience
Consequences
Crisis
Recovery
Catastrophic
Causes
Historical
Either
Shows
Western medicine was developed for crisis and war, such as if you got shot or wounded, to put the soldier back on the battlefield. It works well for catastrophic situations, but it is absolutely ignorant about prevention and lifestyle.
Shiva Ayyadurai
War
You
Medicine
Back
Soldier
Crisis
Battlefield
Wounded
About
Prevention
Absolutely
Lifestyle
Developed
Put
Catastrophic
Well
Got
Western
Situations
Shot
Ignorant
Works
It is extraordinary how safe flying has become. You are now statistically more likely to be elected president of the United States in your lifetime than you are to die in a plane crash. What an amazing achievement as a society! But what we end up focusing on are the catastrophic failures that are incredibly rare but happen every now and then.
Steven Johnson
You
Achievement
Amazing
Rare
Become
Every
Society
President
Extraordinary
Incredibly
States
Flying
Focusing
More
Lifetime
Catastrophic
Failures
Safe
Likely
How
End
Up
Than
Die
Happen
Crash
Plane
Plane Crash
Elected
Then
Your
Now
United
Now And Then
United States
You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.
Tracey Gold
Myself
You
Judgment
Second Chance
Something
Drink
Could
Had
Catastrophic
Feel
Like
Know
How
Gotten
Truly
After
Happened
Evening
Lived
Second
Chance
It is easy to lay the blame on successive governments for failing to address health as a fundamental right for the Indian people. But the real tragedy is that we, the people of India, have not taken our government to task for this catastrophic failure.
Vikram Patel
Government
Health
Failure
Blame
People
Our
Address
India
Easy
Indian
Indian People
Lay
Taken
Catastrophic
Failing
Real
Tragedy
Governments
Task
Successive
Fundamental
Fundamental Right
Right
I welcome the Independent Group as it is committed to saving the country from a catastrophic hard Brexit.
Gina Miller
Welcome
Country
Group
Saving
Independent
Catastrophic
Committed
Brexit
Hard
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