They see having about 10 billion euros in the country's financial assets — more than half the size of Cyprus's annual gross domestic product — frozen indefinitely as nothing less than an apocalyptical event. |
I went there three days after the start of the flooding, and I was able to observe by myself the magnitude of the damage, the disarray of stricken population and the apocalyptical landscape that followed. |
All this wild guessing arises from ignorance of the essential character and purpose of the apocalyptical writings. |
These apocalyptical circumstances continued until they reached another camp or stopped when no one survived. |
We are at a moment in human history that will be apocalyptical among the world's most vulnerable if we in the developed world let this current financial crisis distract us from keeping our commitment to the poor. |
It may feel anguished rather than lyrical, but it does have that kind of apocalyptical power. |