1.   As empires crumble and technology pushes ever forward, some things remain unavoidable.

2.   As the empire crumbled, Keating tried to save it with fraudulent security offerings, junk bond sales, dubious land deals and political influence.

3.   By that time, the Stars empire had all but crumbled.

4.   He falls in love with her, and his slot-machine empire soon crumbles.

5.   Presidents have come and gone, mighty empires have crumbled, but the Shakespeare marathon rolls on.

6.   Since the Reichmann empire crumbled, several family projects that had been announced with great fanfare by municipal leaders have amounted to little more than colorful drawings by architects.

7.   Still, nobody can accuse Pitino of doing nothing while the empire crumbles.

8.   The Communist empire would crumble.

9.   The painting was taken from Tsurumaki as his business empire crumbled and was stored in the warehouse of Mitsui Trust for a time.

10.   The Soviet empire crumbled.