1.   But many Nashville residents are unconvinced, leaving government and civic leaders worried that the once-done Oilers deal actually could collapse.

2.   But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced.

3.   Amgen was afraid to disappoint Wall Street by saying the deal had collapsed.

4.   And after the Bell Atlantic deal collapsed in February, the merger mania subsided quickly.

5.   And certainly any tentative deal could collapse.

6.   Both prospective partners have rejected speculation that the deal will collapse.

7.   A person close to the negotiations denied that the deal collapsed because of pressure from the Justice Department or the SEC.

8.   Absent the ground offensive, the current deal might have collapsed just like the previous one.

9.   But after the QVC deal collapsed and talk bubbled up of CBS being for sale, Tisch recoiled from this begging-bowl image.

10.   But Burns returned home after one day when the deal collapsed.