11.   Both the Senate and House held numerous hearings this year on Enron, the energy trading company that collapsed after admitting that it had drastically overstated earnings for years.

12.   Both the Senate and House have held numerous hearings on Enron, the energy trading company that collapsed after admitting that it had drastically overstated earnings for years.

13.   Both towers collapsed after the heat of the jet-fuel-fed flames caused the vertical metal support beams to deform.

14.   A bailout of Sogo collapsed after Shinsei Bank, a big Sogo creditor that was recently bought by foreign investors, balked at forgiving any Sogo debts.

15.   But it is at least as likely that his party will collapse after the election, with some defecting to the Liberal Democrats and others joining various other parties.

16.   But negotiations collapsed after the rebels held an impromptu news conference Tuesday before television cameramen and news photographers who had been allowed to approach the residence.

17.   But that program collapsed after consuming several hundred million dollars, according to members of Congress and their aides.

18.   But the deal, which was to close this month, collapsed after the attacks.

19.   But the house has all but collapsed after six years without maintenance, and the garden has grown into a small jungle.

20.   China has for years encouraged North Korea to begin opening its tightly controlled economy, which collapsed after subsidies from the former Soviet Union ended nearly a decade ago.