31.   Earlier this year Nakajima received an official warning for receiving free entertainment from the president of a credit union that collapsed amid charges of illegal loans.

32.   Earnings in the sector have collapsed amid a severe recession and mounting non-performing loans.

33.   For the second day in a row Thursday, a get-rich-quick pyramid scheme collapsed amid violence.

34.   Its centrally planned economy has all but collapsed amid chronic food shortages, now in their fifth year.

35.   Negotiations to end a bloody army mutiny collapsed amid fresh street clashes, and French troops bolstered their numbers and prepared for a possible evacuation of French citizens.

36.   Not surprisingly his radical social experiment ended in disaster and his government collapsed amid a wave of reprisal killings and paranoia.

37.   Rodriguez, who currently is OPEC president, has helped fortify the cartel since it nearly collapsed amid low oil prices two years ago.

38.   Support for the Socialists has collapsed amid an international economic downturn which exposed underlying weaknesses in the economy.

39.   The compound was one of the most contentious issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations that collapsed amid the current fighting.

40.   The coalition governing Aruba has collapsed amid long-simmering disputes over tourism, the backbone of the Dutch Caribbean island.