11.   He pointed out that over the past three years Russia has experienced economic ruin, a waning military and a struggling educational system.

12.   He presides now over a corrupt, sclerotic and repressive state that is rapidly driving Zimbabwe into economic ruin.

13.   Many in that group have investments on both sides of the strait and might prefer political compromise to economic ruin.

14.   Serbia lies in economic ruin and hundreds of thousands of Serbs are refugees.

15.   Some of the more extraordinary recent visuals on Serbian television have been attempts at showing economic success amid economic ruin.

16.   The American exit threatened his town with economic ruin, and his family, a long-standing local dynasty, with the loss of its power base.

17.   The hockey owners claim they are losing money hand over fist, are pouring millions down a rat hole, are racing down a road to economic ruin.

18.   The outlook, had he remained in office, would be have been months of turmoil and economic ruin, Coronel said.

19.   The rule could spell economic ruin for an obscure American enclave wedged between Manitoba and Ontario.

20.   They would make millions and Wildwood would be rescued from the brink of economic ruin.