worst-ever

• “The April 12 attack paralyzed operations at the agricultural cooperative known as Nonghyup, in what is described as the worst-ever attack on a South Korean banking network.”

  Voice of America: South Korea Blames North for Cyber Attack on Bank

• “He admits this is perhaps Britain's worst-ever financial crisis and last week said there is a risk of the recovery stalling.”

  The Guardian: Enough of Mervyn King and the economics of La La Land| Will Hutton

• “Its pioneering mobile email service has just emerged from its worst-ever system failure – almost four days of outage spread across the world and into the company's North American heartland.”

  The Guardian: Service restored, but BlackBerry may never repair its reputation

• “Japan is still grappling with one of its worst-ever peacetime disasters, but there was jubilation and praise early Monday for a squad of previously unheralded women - the national football soccer team.”

  Voice of America: Surprise Women’s World Cup Victory Brings Joy to Battered Japan

• “This is the latest embarrassing incident for the government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan which has struggled to cope with one of Japan's worst-ever disasters.”

  Voice of America: Japan Bans Sale of Fukushima Cattle

• “The S&P 500 notched its worst-ever three-day start to September.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Investors Run From Stocks

• “Without some Lazarus-like revival in the weeks ahead, the party that has dominated Irish politics for eight decades is heading for its worst-ever showing in a general election.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Ireland's Voters Ready to Confront Rest of Euro Zone

• “Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, was right – Britain is in the grip of possibly its worst-ever financial crisis.”

  The Guardian: It's time to prove you are also an iron chancellor, Mr Osborne | Will Hutton

• “I suppose it is a sort of achievement for a chancellor to induce drowsiness in an audience when we are in the middle of what the governor of the Bank of England calls the world's worst-ever financial crisis.”

  The Guardian: Why the conference season felt like three weeks in Lilliput | Andrew Rawnsley

• “India was hit by one of its worst-ever droughts last year, which crippled summer crops and, consequently, rural demand for gold.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Rural Buying May Boost India Gold Demand

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