21.   To let the forest burn will mean economic ruin.

22.   Two years ago Brazil was forced into a devaluation that many predicted would lead to economic ruin.

23.   We have political stagnation that has led to law-enforcement breakdown and economic ruin.

24.   With the end of the war, the most powerful and influential city in the South slipped into economic ruin.

25.   ASEAN showed Vietnam that economic prosperity was the best guarantor of national security, and military might brought only economic ruin.

26.   Before, Vietnam was suffering international isolation and economic ruin.

27.   Deng, a veteran Communist revolutionary who guided China from political chaos and economic ruin toward prosperity, leaves his political heirs in place.

28.   Deposed President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah will be returning to a country in economic ruins, his reinstated finance ministry said Friday.

29.   During his rule he imposed a one-party state, nationalized most of the economy and brought the country to economic ruin.

30.   Economic ruin could become collapse.