The new home secretary Jack Straw ordered a public inquiry - and it was Sir William Macpherson's damning conclusions that rocked policing.

However, International Herald Tribune reviewer Michiko Kakutani states that it "reaches a damning conclusion about the presidency".

A second report, released by the Senate Intelligence Committee in September 2006, reached far more damning conclusions.

Then came the damning conclusions of the first long-range studies of the national postwar epidemic of heart disease, and the countrywide fear of saturated fats.

While the anger is understandable, it is unclear how anyone can reach such damning conclusions based on the available evidence.

And now here comes the damning conclusion:

Just like Capello, you've seen quite enough to Theo Walcott to draw a damning conclusion.

The man, who said his name was Muhammad Ali, drew a damning conclusion about the failure to protect New Orleans.

Gregor listened with his head in a thoughtful tilt, his face perfectly controlled, as the Miles-image stammered to its damning conclusion.

And there was no arguing against the evidence, no escaping the damning conclusion that he alone was responsible for the whole sorry mess.