Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...presented the best chance to avoid a disorderly bankruptcy while ensuring taxpayer funds only go to firms whose stakeholders were prepared to make difficult decisions to become viable," said Tony Fratto, a White House spokesman, responding to the vote. "We will evaluate our options in light of the breakdown in Congress...
...good reasons - the activism of the Federal Reserve, payments from Social Security and unemployment insurance that act as economic stabilizers, and the incoming Administration's plans for big-time fiscal stimulus - to think that won't happen again. But there are also good reasons - mainly the Depression-like breakdown of much of the financial system over the past 16 months - to worry...
...combination of living conditions, uncertainty, and the breakdown of the neighborhood conspires against his argument. One blue triple-decker Hartigan visits next used to house six families, but the woman who answers the door says that after she moves out, there will be only one left...
...traffic control asking, ‘052, do you have enough fuel to land the plane?’” The plane had crashed as a result of this miscommunication, and, for Gladwell, the reason was clear. “There was a social breakdown...It was a symptom of a culture’s inability to allow subordinates to question their superiors,” he said. “This plane crash cannot be understood just on the basis of the individual, it has to be understood as part of a much larger cultural context...
When Harvard’s offensive failures were coupled with a defensive breakdown at the net, it created a recipe for disaster for the Crimson. Freshman goaltender Matt Hoyle has been a stronghold in the crease despite his rookie status, ranking No. 16 in the country with a .929 save percentage...