One of the most damaging tsunami on record followed the famous Lisbon earthquake of November 1, 1755 ; ;

But most damaging, the new situation effectively trapped Russian foreign policy: After 1913, Russia could not afford losing its last ally in this crucial area and thus had no alternatives but to unconditionally support Serbia when the crisis between Serbia and Austria broke out in 1914.

The most obvious example is blackmail, where the threat consists of the dissemination of damaging information.

It was the most damaging storm in the history of the United States, causing upwards of $ 80 billion in damages, and leaving over 1, 800 dead.

Hurricane Ike was the third most damaging storm in the history of the United States, causing more than $ 25 billion in damage along the coast, leaving hundreds of thousands of people homeless, and sparking the largest search-and-rescue operation in U. S. history.

The conflict in Portuguese Guinea involving the PAIGC guerrillas and the Portuguese Army was the most intense and damaging of all Portuguese Colonial War.

On some of the most damaging correspondence, Blaine had written " Burn this letter ," giving Democrats the last line to their rallying cry: " Blaine, Blaine, James G. Blaine, the continental liar from the state of Maine, ' Burn this letter!

Severe weather warnings are issued for hail when the stones reach a damaging size, as it can cause serious damage to human-made structures and, most commonly, farmers ' crops.

In October 1997, Indonesia and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) reached agreement on an economic reform program aimed at macroeconomic stabilization and elimination of some of the country's most damaging economic policies, such as the National Car Program and the clove monopoly, both involving family members of President Soeharto.

* 1839 – The most damaging storm in 300 years sweeps across Ireland, damaging or destroying more than 20 % of the houses in Dublin.

While Molotov cocktails may be a psychologically effective method of disabling armoured fighting vehicles by forcing the crew out or damaging external components, most modern tanks cannot be physically destroyed or rendered completely inoperable by Molotov cocktails ; only " disabled ".

Left-wing journalists outed Adolf Hitler's closest ally Ernst Röhm in the early 1930s, causing Brand to write, " when someone — as teacher, priest, representative, or statesman — would like to set in the most damaging way the intimate love contacts of others under degrading control — in that moment his own love-life also ceases to be a private matter and forfeits every claim to remain protected hence-forward from public scrutiny and suspicious oversight.

Nevertheless, prairie dogs are often identified as pests and exterminated from agricultural properties because they are capable of damaging crops, as they clear the immediate area around their burrows of most vegetation.

Dean's loss was particularly damaging to the Chargers ' Super Bowl chances as the defense weakened afterwards, surrendering the most passing yards in the NFL in both 1981 and 1982.

Paradoxically, most truckers in 1990 continued to pass from Omdurman to Al Ubayyid through the Sahelian scrub and the qoz to avoid the taxes levied to use the faster and less damaging paved road from Khartoum via Kusti.

* 1992 – Hurricane Iniki, one of the most damaging hurricanes in United States history, devastates the Hawaiian islands of Kauai and Oahu.

For most uses, dilution with water is recommended for safety and to avoid damaging the surfaces being cleaned.

Surface waves span a wide frequency range, and the period of waves that are most damaging is usually 10 seconds or longer.

Underwater weirs redirect the most damaging currents, and the top of the falls have also been strengthened.

Among the most damaging of the numerous strikes during Wilson's periods in office was a six-week stoppage by the National Union of Seamen, beginning shortly after Wilson's re-election in 1966, and conducted, he claimed, by " politically motivated men ".

While not the highest experienced along the river since European settlement, this flood was the most damaging.

Among the most widespread and damaging of introduced species are ants.

At the inquest yesterday, the damaging fact was ascertained that only two of the cowboys were armed, it thus being a most unequal fight.

While all labour disputes resulted in cut-back programming and numerous repeat airings, the 2005 lockout may have been the most damaging to CBC.

Over these voluntary agencies, in 1917-18, the CTCA served as a co-ordinating body in carrying out what Survey called `` the most stupendous piece of social work in modern times ''.

In short, the traditional epithet for Milton of ' Lady of Christ's ', while eminently fitting, rests only on this baffling passage in the midst of the most treacherous piece of writing Milton left us.

The most appalling aspect of Krim's piece is his reflection of the beat aesthetic.

They are the most beautiful part of that little piece of nature.

How titillating it was to go among people who did not know him as the composer, but who talked in the most glowing terms of the promise of the piece after having heard the first rehearsals.

Moreover, the piece is written in five movements, rather than the conventional four of most quintets, and this gives the opus a serenade or divertimento flavor.

So far these remarks, like most criticisms of Hardy, have tacitly assumed that his poetry is all of a piece, one solid mass of verse expressing a sensibility at a single stage of development.

Some people can carve most anything out of a piece of wood.

Carved in high relief from a single piece of agate, this extraordinary vase was most likely created in an imperial workshop for a Byzantine emperor.

This edifice, considered the most important civil piece of art of the time, was designed by Francesco Laurana.

One of the most striking items is a glass mosaic exhibition piece, designed by Briggs himself and entitled " Sulphur Crested Cockatoos ".

His 1939 memorial article for Sapir, " The Relation of Habitual Thought And Behavior to Language ", in particular has been taken to be Whorf's definitive statement of the issue, and is his most frequently quoted piece.

The most valuable memorabilia item relating to Ruth was a 1920-era Yankees flannel jersey which sold in May 2012 for $ 4. 4 million, making it the most valuable piece of sports memorabilia ever sold at public auction.

is probably the most important piece of film I ’ ve ever done .”

The most recent was in May 2012, when Washington Post columnist Mike Wise published a piece entitled " Fans who yell ‘ Oh !’ during national anthem are tainting a moment meant to unite Americans ".

Jasmuheen was awarded the Bent Spoon Award by Australian Skeptics in 2000 (" presented to the perpetrator of the most preposterous piece of paranormal or pseudoscientific piffle ").

For example, he or she cannot veto the legislative budget, and thus Congress is sovereign over the year's single most important piece of legislation.

In a 1996 New York Magazine piece on women in rock music, it was noted that Love " had the ambition most people would associate with a male rock star ... one thing you have to admire her for is that she refuses — just refuses — to be overlooked in any way.

Guitarist Christopher Parkening is quoted in the book Classical Gas: The Music of Mason Williams as saying that it is the most requested guitar piece besides Malagueña and perhaps the best known instrumental guitar piece today.

While most traditional Spanish style builders use the one piece neck / heel block, Fleta a prominent Spanish builder used a dovetail joint due to the influence of his early training in violin making.

This thin ( often 2 or 3 mm thick ) piece of wood, strengthened by different types of internal bracing, is considered the most prominent factor in determining the sound quality of a guitar.

Noting that the byrnie was the ″ most highly valued piece of armour ″ to the Carolingian soldier, Bennet, Bradbury, DeVries, Dickie, and Jestice indicate that:

The new design consisted of an oval piece of metal ( ideally steel, but in most cases aluminium alloy was used ), roughly 40 by 50 milimetres.