1.   Foreign trade concentrated on hard-currency countries after the virtual collapse of the Soviet market.

2.   Bowman is confident that, despite the virtual collapse of the dot-com economy, a well-run, all-encompassing baseball site can be profitable.

3.   He was hurt as well by the virtual collapse in local elections of his smaller partner, the Free Democrats.

4.   More broadly, some see the virtual economic collapse in North Korea as creating new hopes for change.

5.   She invested substantial personal capital in the talks last month, only to see them end in virtual collapse.

6.   Talks between the two sides were in a state of virtual collapse, and the owners were poised to declare an impasse and implement a salary cap.

7.   The company was in a state of virtual collapse.

8.   The devaluation caused interest rates to skyrocket and forced a virtual collapse of consumer demand.

9.   The situation is further complicated by the virtual collapse of the Haitian police as a functioning institution.

10.   Their distress has only been compounded by the virtual collapse of the banking system and a ruinous summer drought.