21.   When it all collapsed amid lies, self-enriching schemes and bogus transactions, the taxpayers were left to pick up billions of dollars.

22.   Plans for Zdenka Kramplova, the Slovak minister, to meet Hungarian Foreign Minister Laszlo Kovac collapsed amid mutual accusations.

23.   A peace accord was supposed to clear the way for elections this year, but civil order collapsed amid renewed unrest.

24.   A source said the deal collapsed amid demands for cash by minority shareholders in a fund management company controlled by Warburg.

25.   An opposition alliance collapsed amid squabbling in October, and the main opposition United Workers Party and the National Alliance party were running separately.

26.   An opposition alliance collapsed amid squabbling in October, and United Workers Party and the National Alliance party were running separately.

27.   An opposition alliance collapsed amid squabbling in October, and now the main opposition United Workers Party and the National Alliance party will run separately.

28.   Both sides claim sovereignty over the compound, which was one of the most contentious issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations that collapsed amid the current fighting.

29.   But peace talks last month between the prime ministers of India and Pakistan collapsed amid name calling.

30.   During his campaign, Yeltsin promised to end the war soon, but peace efforts have since collapsed amid mutual accusations of bad faith.