1.   When the business empire collapsed, thousands of employees lost their jobs.

2.   His business empire collapsed under a massive burden of debt.

3.   As the Soviet empire collapsed, Western experts feared that stolen germs might fall into unfriendly hands.

4.   By the time he was in elementary school, the Austro-Hungarian empire had collapsed and the family members found themselves citizens of the new state of Czechoslovakia.

5.   Has the business of spy-against-spy diminished since the cold war ended and the Soviet empire collapsed?

6.   It is noted Monday night, by the way, that when the Soviet empire collapsed, CIA agents on the spot were as surprised as everyone else.

7.   Last year real estate magnate Jurgen Schneider fled the country after his real estate empire collapsed with billions of dollars in debt.

8.   Still, when the empire collapsed, Ukraine seemed to have a reasonable shot at economic success.

9.   That has been true ever since the empire collapsed.

10.   Abiola, a multimillionaire whose businesses included shipping, telecommunications, newspapers and petroleum, saw his empire largely collapse during his imprisonment.