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Just a year ago, big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai were in the throes of a stock market frenzy.

Below, she saw men whirling, wreathed in flame, hands up in the air as if caught in the throes of some mad dance.

Every woman I see leaves his office with a beatific smile on her face, as if she was in the throes of a grand passion.

The preparations at this point have to be quick and decisive because Earth is in the throes of letting go and beginning her rearrangements.

Back in Maotai, population 49, 000, the entire town seems to be in the throes of baijiu fever.

The company is in the throes of a state-orchestrated merger to create the country's biggest player.

I was planning to take a nap on the flight but with him in the throes of death, it was kind of difficult.

In the throes of dementia, her mother would pace and wander and try to leave the apartment, she recalls.

They talked and wrestled in the throes of composition, and felt as if something were happening, really happening, really in the void.

As well as being at war with his Two And A Half Men bosses, the actor is also in the throes of a custody battle with his Brooke Mueller.

Hit hard by the recession, GE is in the throes of scaling down its financial services subsidiary, GE Capital, by an estimated 40%.

Venezuela is in the throes of a presidential campaign that does not officially begin until next year.

Business is in the throes of a passionate love affair with simplicity - all the way up from product design to organisational design.

In the throes of an ethanol disaster, it would be inexcusable for politicians to ignore these hardships.

Ford is in the throes of a cultural revolution directed by Alan Mulally, the chief executive brought in from Boeing last September.

Most people in the throes of a cardiac arrest do not survive in time for emergency medical service teams to save them.

Over this past year the magnetic simulator operating out of Japan has shown the Earth in the throes of a magnetic grip.

However, Democrats may find solace in the fact that American politics is in the throes of its most volatile period in over 50 years.

In the west wind progressive social environment, the literature is also engaged in the throes of his own.

For a country in the throes of an economic crisis, a national holiday to listen to the bouzouki smacks of self-indulgence.

For Egypt and other Arab countries in the throes of revolution or on its verge, overhauling the ship of state will be much more difficult.

I know you're in the throes of passion but really, there's no reason to be rough with her breasts.

Beijing is in the throes of its own 2012 leadership change, with top politicians jockeying for power.

Only barbarians are able to rejuvenate a world in the throes of collapsing civilization.

It's a cautionary tale for anyone whose company is now in the throes of a merger.

Mrs Leininger said: "In the throes of his nightmares you couldn't work out what he was saying. "

Students in the throes of senioritis often feel a profound sense of lethargy.

This ordinarily tough-as-nails, separated mother of three was in the throes of a mild depression.

This carpenter ant ( Camponotus leonardi) is caught in the throes of a fungus-induced death grip.

It was written in the throes of second half of the Great Depression.

China was a poor agricultural nation in the throes of the world's fastest industrial revolution.

China is in the throes of building more new nuclear power plants than the rest of the world combined.

By late 2008, China was in the throes of the functional equivalent of a full-blown recession.

These days, the two island states are in the throes of domestic crises, but they are tackling them in strikingly different ways.

But then every time I talk to an Asian woman, some people act like I'm in the throes of some uncontrollable fetish.

Both she and Looney developed their theories in a spirit of religious doubt, and in the throes of their own personal crises.

When you are in the throes of heartache and loneliness, what good are the teachings on oneness and inter-existence?

The nation is in the throes of the fastest urban growth in human history.

The same mistake seems likely from the European Union, which is in the throes of establishing three new regulatory authorities.

Certainly however, your planet is in the throes of momentous times of change.

For individuals under the pressure of a society, and in the throes of true believerism, suicide bombing can become an attractive option.

Most other major carmakers are also in the throes of designing and developing electric vehicles.

But the immediate fate of the Arab spring turns on Libya and Syria, both in the throes of revolution.

Since Jack's in the throes of post-breakup depression, his friends try to solace him.

It is never enough just to be in the throes of inspiration.

FOREIGN capital fled the emerging world in the throes of the economic crisis.

Not surprisingly , Watts , too , was in the throes of painful discussion about the riots .

Southwest China is in the throes of a drought that is expected to last until May.

Grande Cache's mine in west-central Alberta is in the throes of an expansion to raise annual output to 3. 5m tonnes by March 2013.

We understand that a great majority of earthly Souls are in the throes of pain, suffering and uncertainty.

Jack was in the throes of preparing for final exams, so he forgot about my birthday.

Lost in the throes of all the excitement is that many people that buy into these programs do not consider the downside.

Even with the Olympic spur, other big Chinese cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou are in the throes of redevelopment almost as frenetic.

The country is in the throes of revolution.

He sees banking in the throes of profound change.

A country in the throes of economic collapse.

We're in the throes of developing the Night Below set, and the Large Gold Dragon is on the list.

The country is in the throes of war.

Rwanda was in the throes of genocide.

when in the throes of composition.

I was curious, excited, and somewhat apprehensive because the year was 1975 and China was still in the throes of political turmoil.

In the throes of moving house.

Accordingly I went, only to find Job and Ustane in an excess of grief, declaring that Leo was in the throes of death.

In the throes of rage, we will fight!

But since 2007, California has been in the throes of a drought.

The earth is in the throes of her final revolution around your sun as the cycle races to an end;

In the throes of struggling with an examination