Damoclean

The impact on one's life of that kind of Damoclean diagnosis is almost impossible to imagine.

BNET Articles Rachel Lehmann-Haupt 2010

The impact on one's life of that kind of Damoclean diagnosis is almost impossible to imagine.

BNET Articles Rachel Lehmann-Haupt 2010

Jon-Tom shook at how devastating such a Damoclean conjuration could be.

A Corridor in the Asylum 2010

The American workman may earn high wages … but even if he does, he must live all his working life under the shadow of three Damoclean swords: sickness, loss of his job, and old age, and against these our country, the richest in the world, gives him no protection.

Philanthropy 2007

The American workman may earn high wages … but even if he does, he must live all his working life under the shadow of three Damoclean swords: sickness, loss of his job, and old age, and against these our country, the richest in the world, gives him no protection.

Philanthropy 2007

But the NotW story does rather shine a light on the Damoclean sword hanging above Brown's head.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

But the NotW story does rather shine a light on the Damoclean sword hanging above Brown's head.

The sword still hangs above Gordon Brown's head 2009

They've got us and marriage crushed between the aristocracy at the top, and their troops and Damoclean sword against the middle class and the working class - the underclass.

[political correctness] and the coming backlash 2009

Avoiding disease is something we can do if we remove that Damoclean sword of pre-existing conditions, dropped coverage, and skyrocketing premiums from over everybody's heads.

How many lives is your Senator worth? 2009

The American workman may earn high wages … but even if he does, he must live all his working life under the shadow of three Damoclean swords: sickness, loss of his job, and old age, and against these our country, the richest in the world, gives him no protection.

Philanthropy 2007