Word: unraveled
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...plot's many crisscrossing threads unravel quickly in the final scene, which brings all the characters onstage and teaches them all about each other's motives and identity. A set of sudden coincidences leaves everyone, including the audience, both startled and pleased...
When state regulators became aware in July of the firm's false claim that it was FDIC-insured, Rewald's world began to unravel. The IRS and Securities and Exchange Commission started probing Rewald's affairs early this year. State officials issued investigative subpoenas in late July after Rewald's firm published Capital Flight from Hong Kong and How Hawaii Can Benefit, a report so transparently amateurish that it instantly raised eyebrows in Honolulu's financial circles. A few days later Rewald checked into a Waikiki hotel and slashed his wrists. Wong is in Honolulu...
...think that what's going to happen is that very large parts of this story--maybe all, or maybe half--but large parts are going to unravel," he confidently asserts. The government, he says, "will be turned out to be wrong...
THESE NOTABLE STRONG POINTS are barely half the story, though. While council members clearly established themselves as effective administrators through the grants process and a string of well-run meetings, they fell short as politicians. Repeatedly, the cohesiveness of the council threatened to unravel when a political issue demanded action or comment. A number of council members expressed doubt about the propriety of the council's attacking controversial topics...
...every 20 jobs in America is related to exports to developing nations, and 40 percent of what we sell abroad we sell to the Third World. Many of these governments borrow heavily from the U.S., and a failure to make good on one of these loans could unravel our entire financial system...