11.   When the Soviet empire crumbled, Poles knew precisely what they wanted next.

12.   When it ends, when Rome falls, when the empire crumbles, this is how it all looks.

13.   But as his business empire crumbled, his political career soared.

14.   But as the stocks took a dramatic dive early this year, his financial empire crumbled.

15.   Now, Job had invested wisely, but in only a matter of hours his empire crumbled.

16.   Now the empire is crumbling in a bankruptcy that has colleges across the nation scrambling for textbooks.

17.   The Mediobanca empire has been crumbling since the death of its founder Enrico Cuccia a year ago.