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For example, the collapse of Enron showed how accounting and reporting for so-called "special purpose entities" (SPEs) is hard to understand, much less defend.
An inside NYT story says that CIA documents declassified yesterday reveal that in the late '80s and early '90s the CIA was more aware of impending Soviet collapse than previously thought.
Those priorities included China, missile defense, the collapse of the Middle East peace process, and the Persian Gulf.
The collapse of the 40-foot pyramid, which was being set up for an annual bonfire, killed 12 and injured 27.
...fires, the constant collapse of buildings, and the thousand perils of the savage city — and poets reciting in the month of August.