11.   The bubble burst with the arrival of television.

12.   Although the dot-com bubble burst more than a year ago, its effect on professional and graduate school applications was not obvious until this round of applications.

13.   Analysts said it had come to the party too late, and when the bubble burst, it was forced to write off some stakes.

14.   And expectations are high and rising that sooner rather than later the bubble will burst, particularly for Internet stocks.

15.   And history suggests that when bubbles burst, it is not just the excesses that get swept away.

16.   And the museum might be eligible for a federal bailout when the art bubble bursts.

17.   And that means early investors are barely splattered when a bubble bursts.

18.   And the bubble may burst.

19.   And then the bubble burst.

20.   And when the dot-com bubble burst, corporate earnings plunged.