1.   The failure of the talks could have catastrophic consequences.

2.   They claim that impact studies revealing likely catastrophic consequences for wildlife have been deliberately suppressed by contractors.

3.   Early design and control decisions based on inadequate information have often had catastrophic consequences.

4.   A widespread breakdown of the system can have potentially catastrophic consequences.

5.   Again, catastrophic consequences lurked there.

6.   He says such graphics - low in information, confused in display, muddled in thinking - can have catastrophic consequences.

7.   His downfall has come from an alleged but as yet unproven connection to a smallish-looking scam with a catastrophic consequence.

8.   If that were to happen, he said, the conflict would become irresolvable, with catastrophic consequences for the stability of the entire region.

9.   In large measure, the city escaped catastrophic consequences of the storm, which meteorologists said was a rare event for this region of the Rocky Mountains.

10.   It misunderstood a prudent, fully hedged oil marketing strategy, they contend, and, in a blind panic, sold off the hedges with catastrophic consequences.