According to diplomats at the meeting, however, the Germans have been the main opponents, worried that any solution would cause severe short-term dislocation for their farmers.

The strike produced severe economic dislocation.

That project involves a severe seismic dislocation at a certain site in the South Atlantic that requires a, ah, nuclear adjustment.

"We learned from the 1970's that severe dislocations in supplies and prices affect us immediately," Mr.

One of the criticisms frequently made by industry concerning pollution control policy is that it causes severe economic dislocation and unemployment.

Before the strike began to dissolve in February 2003, it produced severe economic dislocation.

He suffered a severe dislocation of the left ankle in an October 2006 game, and was out for 6 months.

The Truman administration believed that a strike of any length would cause severe dislocations for defense contractors and for the domestic economy as a whole.

Its closure caused severe dislocation in these areas.

However, growth in 1999 was held down by the severe regional economic dislocations caused by the Kosovo war.