11.   Clinton stepped into the lagging negotiations to underscore U.S. resolve to prevent a total breakdown.

12.   The idea of a total breakdown is balanced by near-total recovery.

13.   The summit could signal a thaw in the crisis that has brought the peace process to the brink of total breakdown.

14.   Total breakdown in supply was reported in other areas as well.

15.   He refused to elaborate on a new timetable for the two delayed applications, adding that the court receivership was aimed at preventing a total breakdown of the group.

16.   Anwar contended that the presidential action was justified, saying that the Bhutto government had brought the country to the verge of total breakdown of the state machinery.

17.   The two sides were discussing the almost total breakdown in the peace process aimed at ending the war, which began last December.

18.   Journalists who have seen the video said it clearly showed the total breakdown in security around Rabin at the time of the shooting.

19.   Since then, however, relations between the two economic and military giants have reached the brink of total breakdown.

20.   The court receivership is aimed at stopping the group from a total breakdown, they said, adding three of the four listed firms had already been declared insolvent.