1.   Despite the economic disaster that had befallen his country in the Decade he had held power, he was confident of victory.

2.   Economic disaster befell the country during the Decade when he held power.

3.   The coal strike alone will not cause the economic disaster that the Soviet government is pretending it will.

4.   Today the country totters on the edge of economic disaster.

5.   Diplomatic isolation could lead to economic disaster.

6.   The reality is that Vietnam needs to leave Kampuchea to stave off economic disaster and to satisfy Mikhail Gorbachev.

7.   And even though there has been no economic disaster, some Mexicans have reacted as though one was unfolding.

8.   And politically, Africa was distinguished mostly by dictatorial rule and economic disaster.

9.   And then you have economic disasters.

10.   And now, in the twilight zone between war and economic disaster, he remains silent.