1.   And, after the opening goal, the US had to increase its energy output to avoid collapse.

2.   And Tolles knew that if he avoided a weekend collapse, he stood an excellent chance of securing his tour card for next year.

3.   Argentina took an important symbolic step on Monday in its struggle to avoid financial collapse.

4.   Connecticut, Utah and Cincinnati are all trying to make late-season charges, while Tennessee, Georgetown and Iowa are trying to avoid monumental collapses.

5.   Isolated and economically backwards, it needs increased trade and investment from the South to avoid economic collapse.

6.   President Boris N. Yeltsin sought to reassure nervous markets that Russia had enough reserves to avoid financial collapse.

7.   The Clippers, trying to avoid the collapse everyone around the NBA is waiting for, finally decided to execute when it counted.

8.   The Rodriguez children say that now they have become social pariahs, struggling to avoid the collapse of their business empi businesses.

9.   To avoid a collapse of the banking system and stock market, the government bought bank shares at a premium.

10.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat must deliver something to his people in order to maintain internal unity and avoid a collapse of Palestinian institutions in the self-rule areas.