The system is not well equipped to handle what one Government official calls "financial Armageddon," the simultaneous collapse of banks in Brazil, Korea, China and everywhere in between, or a national depression.

Jani could still remember the hot, stagnant air, the simultaneous collapse of everyone's deodorant, her CO at the time nodding off in a corner.

That was followed by the simultaneous collapse of prices of both ranch land and beef, each falling by about 50 percent.

Did you think the simultaneous collapse of an ages-old ethical system and a two-century-old value system to be mere unfortunate happenstance?

This, combined with the simultaneous collapse of the Soviet Union, led to Espinosa's retirement.

As evidence he cites the simultaneous collapse in demand for coca leaf and the run-up in United States street prices after the Colombian Government smashed the Medellin cartel.

What turned him into a political phenomenon was the simultaneous collapse of "free market" fundamentalism in the Enron scandal, the crooked corporate dominoes that followed and the crash of the markets.

Vever was also well placed when the simultaneous collapse in 1924 of the Qajar and Ottoman dynasties resulted in a state of chaos that could be beneficial to a vigilant collector.

Advocates that a comet impact around 1500 BCE was responsible for the simultaneous collapse of various civilizations around the world.

During the early 1930s, there was a simultaneous collapse in share prices and job opportunities.