Debacle
Debacle may refer to: * an event that turns out to be a disaster * '' Debacle: The First Decade'', an album by the Violent Femmes * ''La Débâcle'', a novel by Émile Zola * Debacle, a 2009 Nike SB Nike Skateboarding, primarily known as Nike SB, is the Nike brand for its line of shoes, clothing, and equipment for skateboarding. Nike Skateboarding won the 2020 Webby People’s Voice Award for Best Home/Welcome Page in the category Web. Hist ...

La Débâcle
''La Débâcle'' (1892), translated as ''The Debacle'' and ''The Downfall'', is the penultimate novel of Émile Zola's ''Les Rougon-Macquart'' series, which first appeared as a serial in ' from 21 February to 21 July 1892, before being published in book form by Charpentier. The story is set against the background of the political and military tumults that ended the reign of Napoléon III and the Second Empire in 1870, in particular the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Sedan, and the Paris Commune. Despite the hostility with which it was initially received by Bonapartists, monarchists, and in particular by veterans of the French army, ''La Débâcle'' was Zola’s greatest commercial success, selling one hundred fifty thousand copies within five months of its release. The late nineteenth century English novelist George Gissing tried to read the novel in French in February 1896, through "intervals of rage", but without specifying what was the cause. Plot The novel starts i ...
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Disaster
A disaster is a serious problem occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources. Disasters are routinely divided into either " natural disasters" caused by natural hazards or "human-instigated disasters" caused from anthropogenic hazards. However, in modern times, the divide between natural, human-made and human-accelerated disasters is difficult to draw. Examples of natural hazards include avalanches, flooding, cold waves and heat waves, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, landslides, lightning, tsunamis, volcanic activity, wildfires, and winter precipitation. Examples of anthropogenic hazards include criminality, civil disorder, terrorism, war, industrial hazards, engineering hazards, power outages, fire, hazards caused by transportation, and environmental hazards. Developing countries suffer the greatest costs ...
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The First Decade
The First Decade may refer to: *The First Decade (album), an album by April Wine *The First Decade (poem), a poem by Niccolò Machiavelli * Command & Conquer: The First Decade, a Command & Conquer compilation *The First Decade (1983–1993) ''The First Decade (1983–1993)'' is a compilation album from Christian recording artist Michael W. Smith. This album also features two new songs "Do You Dream of Me?" and "Kentucky Rose". A follow-up compilation album, ''The Second Decade (199 ...