meltdown
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the 1987 stock market meltdown
a disastrous event, especially a rapid fall in share prices.
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial meltdown of the reactor core.
an accident in a nuclear reactor in which the fuel overheats and melts the reactor core or shielding.
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Only the most brilliant of chief executives can move the share price and even here the evidence in the face of the dotcom 'meltdown' is scant.
the 1987 stock market 'meltdown'
Even as a result of the only major 'meltdown' , at Three Mile Island in the United States a quarter of a century ago, no lives were lost.
A year ago one of the company's nuclear plants came dangerously close to a core 'meltdown' .
they wondered what could have triggered her 'meltdown'
They show you presentations of how top military bases were hacked and nuclear installations almost brought to 'meltdown' .
The last thing a small business needs is a computer 'meltdown' just when it's time to run off the monthly accounts.
the story will revolve around her 'meltdown' following the accident
It's been a long time since I've had a major 'meltdown' , and this time it was just about a puppy.
In May 1967 radioactivity was released into the environment when fuel caught fire in a reactor and suffered a partial 'meltdown' .
All three sell products to a wide range of markets, which helps protect them from a 'meltdown' in any one sector.
Fearing a 'meltdown' , the reactor officer shuts down the submarine's main source of power.
We asked them to offer practical lessons that they learned from the 'meltdown' .
Somewhere along the way, a pipe bursts in the reactor core and 'meltdown' begins.
But he was saved from a total electoral 'meltdown' by only a handful of votes.
I can't walk into a nuclear power plant and start fiddling with knobs and dials, without causing a nuclear 'meltdown' .
the global financial system suffered a major 'meltdown'
Lipsio said he took little comfort in knowing that the 'meltdown' at the Palm Beach elections office happened during a trial to help spot such problems.
Some nuclear critics had asserted that a core 'meltdown' would inevitably breach containment.
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial 'meltdown' of the reactor core.
First there was the Nasdaq 'meltdown' and the devastation of the dotcoms and the idea of the casual workplace.
Like a 'meltdown' in a nuclear power plant, the conflagration now threatens to take the whole examination system down with it.
The patient also learns how to cope with unavoidable stress without having a 'meltdown' .
That's why Yu's comments triggered such angst among those who see the makings of a dollar 'meltdown' .
Will any of the business models that emerged over the past five years survive the 'meltdown' on Wall Street?
While no one expects hedge-fund values to be listed in the daily newspapers, everyone would be relieved if fewer 'meltdowns' appeared in the headlines.
Perhaps the most critical lesson learned from last year, however, is the heavy price corporate reputations pay for such 'meltdowns' .
Ohio State's win over Washington State and Penn State's over Nebraska were overshadowed by, among other results, 'meltdowns' by Michigan State against Cal and Iowa against Iowa State.
Let the kids and grandkids deal with it, just like they can deal with the deficit, rogue nuclear 'meltdowns' , and the collapse of the currency market.
Go and try out the Nuclear Power Plant Simulator and see how many 'meltdowns' you cause before you manage to survive an entire shift.
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