71.   The prospect of financial ruin or even prison has taken a toll on Brooks and her family, friends and associates say.

72.   The reality was they were facing financial ruin.

73.   The utilities hope a combination of rate increases and state-backed bonds will avert financial ruin.

74.   The years of financial ruin prevented Engstrand from keeping up on the latest computer technology.

75.   There are hundreds, and possibly thousands, of other small businesses facing financial ruin because of foot-and-mouth disease.

76.   Then again, he has recently seen his jazz festival collapse and made sweeping layoffs within his umbrella organization, Knitmedia, while fighting financial ruin.

77.   There is little direct help for Los Angeles, teetering on the brink of financial ruin.

78.   They blamed Berisha not only for leading the country into financial ruin, but failing to halt violence, which began to erupt back in January.

79.   They said it could result in financial ruin.

80.   They suggest someone terrified of financial ruin.