If a poor family in subsistence farming receives no help during the year after a bad harvest, its members may eat their beasts of burden, cut down the trees that provide nutrients to the soil, sell whatever farming equipment they have, and even eat the seeds that were set aside for planting the following season.

The schema might also be applied to political relations Hirschman wrote a memorable article showing how the ability to exit East Germany in 1989 produced a sudden breakdown of loyalty.

Situation in Aleppo is neither a surprise, nor a one off.

All of a sudden, the door opened and a man entered the room.

But that could change, and suddenly.

Given North Korea s ability to scare China with its geographic proximity and the prospect of a sudden collapse (with all its security implications, including an influx of refugees), these divisions are likely to grow.

In that regard, there had been a significant breakthrough.

The oil producing countries have suffered a sudden reversal of fortune.

A Great Breakdown?

Crash report

Capitalist Meltdown

Five or six years hence, the world economy faces the danger that it faced two years ago, although the fear this time is not of a sudden crash in the dollar s value, but of a sudden crash in the value of the dollar and the euro against Asian currencies.

The Middle East Crack Up

Free Trade Breakdown

Motor City Meltdown

Some critics object that a collapse of US Treasuries and a dollar crash are not the same.

BRUSSELS Financial crises tend to start abruptly and end by surprise.

There s no way for us to measure how long we are here, we can only estimate it, and we can t keep this up for long, for fear of a sudden entrance by our tormentor.

He unexpectedly died in 1974, in the aftermath of a prostate surgery.

In April, 1915, hundreds of young men were suddenly imprisoned.

But perhaps more surprisingly, the translations that we get from people using the site, even though they're just beginners, the translations that we get are as accurate as those of professional language translators, which is very surprising.

Crashing the SDR

Both foundations collapsed.

And anybody who is hit with this feels this sudden burst of heat and just wants to get out of the way.

Xi s visit is not expected to usher in any breakthroughs.

The speeding vehicle skidded and crashed head on into the rear end of a truck before the driver could say Jack Robinson.

In 2005, remittances I just took one country, Nigeria but increasing dramatically.

Such natural disasters occur suddenly, without warning.

The Middle East Meltdown and Global Risk

Melting Pot or Economic Meltdown

Then came the crash of 2008.

Often, bargaining will break down.

All this has to be seen in the context of a health system that has collapsed in the wake of the collapse of the Congolese State, so that medical care is virtually non existent.

And if this is the end of my five minutes, I want to tell you that I actually did survive, which was a surprise.

Even after many rounds of talks, no resolution is in sight, and Hu s visit is not expected to produce any breakthroughs.

The only difference in China is that the adjustment has been suppressed, so it is now coming abruptly.

And all this on April 20 the anniversary of Hitler's birthday.

He did 3 chemotherapy sessions and died only 1 month later due to sudden Septicemia.

Sami was having a breakdown.

The breakdown of public trust in Japanese officialdom would be worrying were it to lead to a democratic breakdown.

Suddenly, in the face of the economic crisis, these problems have become major sources of political instability.

This was followed by approval of the law, a request for its revision, and a surprise official meeting with the leader of Hamas.

But a sudden backward regression can lead to despair, which we feel today.

Turkey abruptly shifted its stance on Syria, and aligned its position with that of the major Western powers, for two reasons.

First, it prevented the collapse of the banking system.