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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Some nuclear critics had asserted that a core 'meltdown' would inevitably breach containment.
Fearing a 'meltdown' , the reactor officer shuts down the submarine's main source of power.
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.
I can't walk into a nuclear power plant and start fiddling with knobs and dials, without causing a nuclear 'meltdown' .
I was 21 years old and it was three days after the partial 'meltdown' of the reactor core.
Like a 'meltdown' in a nuclear power plant, the conflagration now threatens to take the whole examination system down with it.
But he was saved from a total electoral 'meltdown' by only a handful of votes.
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.
It's been a long time since I've had a major 'meltdown' , and this time it was just about a puppy.
The last thing a small business needs is a computer 'meltdown' just when it's time to run off the monthly accounts.
In May 1967 radioactivity was released into the environment when fuel caught fire in a reactor and suffered a partial 'meltdown' .
the global financial system suffered a major 'meltdown'
the 1987 stock market 'meltdown'
We asked them to offer practical lessons that they learned from the 'meltdown' .
First there was the Nasdaq 'meltdown' and the devastation of the dotcoms and the idea of the casual workplace.
the story will revolve around her 'meltdown' following the accident
They show you presentations of how top military bases were hacked and nuclear installations almost brought to 'meltdown' .
they wondered what could have triggered her '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.
Will any of the business models that emerged over the past five years survive the 'meltdown' on Wall Street?
All three sell products to a wide range of markets, which helps protect them from a 'meltdown' in any one sector.
That's why Yu's comments triggered such angst among those who see the makings of a dollar 'meltdown' .
A year ago one of the company's nuclear plants came dangerously close to a core 'meltdown' .
Somewhere along the way, a pipe bursts in the reactor core and 'meltdown' begins.
The patient also learns how to cope with unavoidable stress without having a 'meltdown' .
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.
Over the years, Congress has created one program after another to insure individuals and businesses against a panoply of hazards, from natural disasters to bank failures to nuclear reactor 'meltdowns' .
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.
The public has long been suspicious of big business, but the recent financial 'meltdowns' have created even more disdain and distrust.
Remember the anticipations of catastrophes brought about by computer 'meltdowns' .
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