collapse
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As historian David Garrow documents, King believed that violence collapsed the moral clarity the movement depended on, allowing repression to masquerade as order.
Now, the partnership is the latest casualty in the collapse of Saks Global, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday.
Pahlavi said that he was “stepping in to lead the movement” and that he had a 100-day plan to stabilize Iran in the event the regime collapsed.
“The biggest contribution to growth is coming from an unexpected collapse in the trade deficit,” said chief economist Chris Low of FHN Financial.
From MarketWatch
And at a time when the cable television business is collapsing in many markets, the Dodgers have a blockbuster TV deal that will pay them more than $330 million a year through 2038.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
