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But having taken the plunge, he is now on the brink of adventure; he is about to be launched into his own inner space to the astronaut.

As he came into office, the country stood on the brink of a new Great Depression.

Prosecutors said he left Enron because he knew the company was on the brink of bankruptcy.

As you know, we are on the brink of eradicating guinea-worm disease, and funds are being secured to ensure this happens.

There are hundreds such reasons why the relationship of a husband and wife is often on the brink of either breaking or splitting.

With the euro in peril and the US on the brink of bankruptcy, the west seems to have enough to worry about without fretting about cricket.

They told me that Turkey and Greece were on the brink of military confrontation and implored me to intervene to stop it.

Miss Bulstrode did not answer . She was hovering on the brink of irrevocable words.

"We're on the brink of a massive power shift, a grinding of the gears of history into a new human condition, " she writes.

"Now that the world doesn't seem to be on the brink of collapse, the market is looking for higher yields elsewhere, " McCarthy said.

Thomas believes that we may be sitting on the brink of a phonon-driven technological revolution as well.

It's taken three years of hard work, but I'm delighted that we're on the brink of real protections for consumers.

Over time, jobs come and go; but one profession that seemed to be on the brink of extinction is now making a comeback.

Just over a week ago, News Corp. was on the brink of gaining government approval to acquire the 60. 9% of BSkyB that it doesn't already own.

So, far from being on the brink of another quagmire, Libya is in fact in pole position compared with other countries in the region.

At that point the Greek state could well be unable to pay salaries and pensions and Greece would be on the brink of a disorderly default.

Japanese media said the Japanese IT parts, materials and finished goods sectors are teetering on the brink of collapse.

Some government and Communist Party officials, he said, are "now on the brink of unreasonable greediness. "

And why are they obsessing about something that happened a decade ago in London, when America is teetering on the brink of default?

But now that the principle is proven, in the next years real patients could be on the brink of a blink.

All right, then. You know. . . you know we are on the brink of another cataclysm, probably nuclear, on our own soil.

China may be on the brink of a vicious wage-inflation spiral, which could undermine the authorities' grip over the economy.

One minute, it seems as if the two countries are on the brink of war.

He also leaves office with the economy on the brink of its deepest crisis in 80 years, and, fairly or not, that could be his biggest legacy.

Japan stands on the brink of nuclear catastrophe a year after the West Virginia mine explosion and the gulf oil spill.

US defence spending is levelling off and appears to be on the brink of a potentially significant downturn.

Just a decade ago Indonesia was on the brink of catastrophe.

But at the same time, we're trying to figure out, when does a fee prohibit someone who's on the brink economically from using our service?

And, like most other things on the brink of middle-age, the internet is struggling with its own mid-life crisis.

The family has not been able to make mortgage payments in five months and has been on the brink of foreclosure.

After the country was on the brink of bankruptcy they decided on an intelligent, sophisticated black man to fix it.

Y et the power of a "burning platform" is not confined to companies on the brink of collapse.

This is Our Youth is a tragicomic portrayal of youth on the brink of adulthood and reveals the ache at the heart of the slacker generation.

You stand on the brink of a new age but before this dawns the old matrix must be brought to an end.

The world economy is no longer seen by most to be on the brink of another Depression .

And how He saved you from the Pit of Fire when you were on the brink of it.

brink He fell down on the brink of a cliff, with minor injuries .

The talk, part of Mr. Paulson's promotional tour for his new book 'On the Brink, ' was held during a meeting of the Greater Omaha Chamber.

His derision, criticism and challenges of authorities can always trace back to his hybrid position on the brink.

In the space of 14 years, Apple has transformed itself from a computer firm on the brink of bankruptcy into a stockmarket superstar.

"We are on the brink of a blackout, " said the economy minister, Lubomir Jahnatek.

Expect a few narrow victories, little entertainment and plenty of rumours about McLeish being on the brink.

To these Beings, what you are on the brink of accomplishing is a sign that their deepest desires can be fulfilled.

Furthermore, South Korea is burdened by North Korea and its nuclear weapons program and an economy on the brink of collapse.

We stand on the brink of a new future for women on our campus, in our communities, in our countries . . . and around the world.

of the pivot-point, the change-line that you stand on the brink of, and that everyone is approaching.

Now the crisis had reached America. A little-known but powerful private investment fund was on the brink of bankruptcy.

China's national economy was on the brink of total collapse , thanks to the " revolutionary measures " of the Gang of Four .

As the world teeters on the brink, an immortal struggle for dominance turns to one of mere survival.

A country once on the brink of famine has turned itself into one of the biggest exporters of farm produce.

Taking place in the not-too-distant future, mankind is on the brink of extinction.

Humanity is in peril, the tides of darkness have come again and the whole world is poised on the brink of war.

Egypt's economy was teetering on the brink of collapse even before the recent violence, which has killed at least 50 people.

Jobs returned to Apple as an interim CEO in 1997 and bailed out the company which was on the brink of bankruptcy.

But claims that we are on the brink of fundamental change for the renminbi deserve to be greeted with scepticism.

love = honor the courage of the 15 blood donors, blood donation can be regenerated, on the brink of death to save lives.

A variety of rescue plans came to nothing, and a month ago, ICEF Public Schools hovered on the brink of collapse.

"It's one of the great psychological findings that we are at our happiest when we are on the brink of achieving something. "

The German government was bankrupt by the end of 1923, and the Reich tottered on the brink of total economic ruin.

With the Allies advancing and Germany on the brink of defeat, Hitler retreated to his Berlin bunker.

Reports yesterday morning revealed Del Piero was stunned by Juve's offer on Tuesday and that negotiations were on the brink of collapse.

Was this the man to breathe new life into a company on the brink?

Bernie is on the brink of a big discovery. It could be a sure thing in a month if she works really hard.

Mr. Bush noted that the U. S. auto industry employs millions of people, and that it is on the brink of collapse.

On a night for the Knicks franchise center to forget, the Bulls put the Knicks on the brink of playoff extinction.

If the world is on the brink of an out-and-out currency war , a variety of battalions has been out on manoeuvres in the past few weeks .

On the brink of the divorce, the wife found Ms. Orlov and Dr. Hallowell's Web site, adhdmarriage. com, and began consulting with Ms. Orlov.

Such exclusions speak to the album's sharp focus-- to move everything forward while constantly tipping on the brink of frantic instability.

A recent book on Egypt is subtitled "The Land of the Pharaohs on the Brink of Revolution" .

By the middle of this year, the report notes some economies had gone into recession while others were on the brink of recession.

But the Kissingers were a Jewish family in a Germany that was on the brink of Nazism.

If we have eyes and stand on the brink of an abyss, we will not jump.

"But it's suddenly fallen off, people just aren't booking all of a sudden. A lot of tour operators are on the brink of bankruptcy. "

The Obama administration's push for peace in the Middle East appears to be on the brink of collapse.

The Brit racer is on the brink of championship glory after a display every bit as dazzling as the pyrotechnics during the Beijing Olympics.

Lubbers pass, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and so on the company's turmoil has put these people on the brink of unemployment.

Thatcher loyalists are outraged that their heroine should be portrayed as decrepit, on the brink of dementia.

And one of the major industrial corporations of the world-of all time [General Motors] could be on the brink.

Despite the sudden escalation of tensions, Berg says the IAEA report does not suggest Iran is on the brink of becoming a nuclear power.

The resources crisis mines are defined as those which be faced with producible reserves exhausted and on the brink of bankruptcy.

For one thing, Budapest was on the brink of falling even before Dietrich's troops had started their attack.

Now, after surgery and a long rehabilitation, Eduardo is on the brink of rejoining his team-mates on the training pitch.

Murphy's first job was in publishing, another industry that was on the brink of traumatic technological change.

"We are on the brink of disaster because of unconsidered dependencies, " he said.

Mr Shapleigh publishes his own report: "Texas on the Brink" .

Yet Ms Lovell contends that they administered only the final blows to an empire that was already on the brink.

Scientists are on the brink of a breakthrough in the treatment of cancer.

So our financial crisis is on the brink of turning into a policy crisis.

Alongside Android, several other mobile companies are on the brink of launching handsets supporting NFC.

Republicans pretend the U. S. is on the brink of losing the world's trust, but they don't really believe that.

Liberation, after the atom bombs were dropped in August 1945, came just as Mr Zamperini seemed on the brink of death.

If there is a stridency in what I say it is because I believe Nigeria is once again on the brink of a precipice.

Some now think they are on the brink of a discovery that could open a new window into quantum mechanics.

Without these more fundamental changes, these populations will teeter on the brink of disaster year after year.

In 1991, Indian economy was on the brink of total collapse after running a centrally planned economy since independence.

He returned to the leadership eight years later, but only as Republicans were on the brink of losing power in the 2006 midterms.

The Earth could be on the brink of the sixth mass extinction in history, claim scientists.

The titans of Detroit were tottering on the brink of liquidation, threatening to collapse and take more than a million jobs with them.

On the brink of independence, south Sudan lacks a lot of basic information about its own towns and communities.

These journeys made him fully aware that many of the world's species are on the brink of extinction.

On the eve of liberation, Shanghai's national industry was on the brink of bankruptcy.

Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation , Heaven in its infinite mercy sents them a nice plump missionary.

When we burned the midnight oil, and whom has put a glass of milk on the brink of your desk?

But now perhaps we are at a most critical point on the verge of controlling nature and on the brink of destroying it.

But his legacy remains a demoralised and debt-crippled country on the brink of needing an international bail-out.

Are a million young unemployed people on the brink of achieving something?

We're on the brink of war and you're supposed to be finding a diplomatic solution.

Some car market analysts think the country finally could be on the brink of realising its ambition to become the car factory to the world.

Greece still teeters on the brink of default, and yields on debt of Italy and Spain are near unsustainable levels.

We sit poised at last on the brink of a great victory!

Not quite two years ago, oil was $10 a barrel and the cartel was on the brink of collapse.

South Korea had revealed it was on the brink of bankruptcy.

A new non-proliferation group warns the world is on the brink of a massive increase in nuclear weapons.

Under the orderly liquidation authority, the FDIC is provided with the tools to wind down a major financial firm on the brink of failure.

It is on the brink of surpassing Japan as a trading power and, within a decade, will match the US and the European Union.

But Mr Ackroyd is especially good at conveying Poe's precarious state, ever on the brink of self-destruction.

Some of the firms there were reported on the brink of bankruptcy.

My grandfather is on the brink of bankruptcy, the small dyeing his bad-tempered, selfish greed, Uncle, selfish and wild.

Even if I`m not bankrupt now, I`m on the brink.

The world teeters on the brink of collapse, and they realise that only a completely new approach will provide a way out.

The world may be teetering on the brink of a prolonged and painful recession, but many luxury brands are looking for salvation in China.

Know that you, as a collective, are standing on the brink of this experience.

A growing fear that the environment is on the brink of collapse is making many greens less willing to compromise, even with each other.

As Libya teetered on the brink of chaos, global equities suffered significant losses.

So these ones are very rare now in the wild, their population crashed. This is a very rare frog on the brink of extinction.

The UK's only helicopter manufacturer was on the brink of insolvency.

Indeed, over three-quarters of all marine fish species are below, or on the brink of falling below, sustainable levels.

Australian scientists fear the planet is on the brink of another mass extinction as ocean dead zones continue to grow in size and number.

Many have been driven to extinction, and many more now teeter on the brink.

All the nations on the brink of the disaster expected the worst from their potential adversaries.

Now, it appears to be on the brink of another stimulus.

and, while Britain is teetering on the brink of recession, the euro zone is already shrinking.

The army has mostly stepped in when inept civilian governments were on the brink of collapse.

In fact, it was hot short-term deposits that put the banks on the brink in the first place.

You cannot back on his help as he is on the brink of bankrupt.

Today, Brazil stands on the brink of becoming an agricultural superpower.

Time and again, when Americans have felt particularly glum, their economy has been on the brink of a revival.

It has long been "the most dangerous place on earth" , on the brink of some apocalypse.

Now Libya, which accounts for about 2 per cent of global production, seems on the brink of civil war, creating further disquiet.

The world's most charismatic carnivore teeters on the brink of extinction - but Stephen Mills still has hope.

The latest surge in joblessness follows mounting evidence that the euro area is on the brink of recession.

The new prime minister, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was welcomed by a population on the brink of famine.

Some tributaries are on the brink of extinction, even a snail, another imminent.

They point to demand to train French students to succeed a generation of engineers who are on the brink of retirement.

After decades of hard work and struggle, hundreds of millions stand on the brink of middle-class abundance.

But when a business is teetering on the brink of failure, you have two choices: You can throw in the towel or persevere despite the odds.

BOSNIA, scream some hysterical headlines, is on the brink of a new war.

There, American friend and NATO aspirant Georgia says it's on the brink of war with Russia.

Despite the concerns, Iowa is not on the brink of becoming a new Dust Bowl.

The message on this World Health Day is loud and clear. The world is on the brink of losing these miracle cures.

At the same time, the traditional ethnic culture increasingly shrinking, on the brink of extinction.

He kept asking himself, he was constantly in pain with, keep on the brink of choices.

Hungary is the latest example of an economy on the brink.

Scientists are on the brink of making a major new discovery.

Meanwhile Illinois is on the brink of fiscal collapse, in part thanks to Mr Blagojevich's mismanagement.

Basicly US is on the brink and i find it questionable if US can afford cold war with China.

In particular, worrywarts kept repeating to each other, we could be on the brink of repeating the infamous Smoot-Hawley tariff act of 1930.

Unhappy he, who, on the brink of misfortune, broods over ideas like these!

We will always remember July 20, 1969, as a glorious moment, when humanity stood on the brink of an exciting new era.

With artful cunning, Nabokov proceeded to reveal a mystery that is only now, 33 years later, on the brink of being solved.

Hello, my baby, hello, my baby, putting my life on the brink.

Europe is on the brink of a major financial disaster.

For now, with violence in the streets again, Thailand teeters on the brink.

All the while, the index funds continue to prosper, the bankers pocket the profits, and the world's poor teeter on the brink of starvation.

We were on the brink of disaster when the rescue team arrived.

Vulnerable women, always hovered on the brink of unrest.

According to the credit rating agency, Portugal now stands on the brink of junk-borrower status.

Three years on from the 2008 financial crisis, the world economy is tottering on the brink of another serious downturn.

China is on the brink of surpassing the American share of global manufacturing, having overtaken Germany and Japan in the past 10 years.

Don't stand on the brink of the cliff. It's very dangerous.

The planet and the civilisation is tethering on the brink of chaos.

Many animals are on the brink of extinction at present time.

China's on the brink of negative population growth.

The difference in Yemen is that civilians there already lived on the brink, owing to the corruption of Saleh's regime.

I was on the brink of becoming a lawyer. This erasure saves me.

The economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

The country is now on the brink of all-out war.

Now, we may be on the brink of something new.

The two countries were poised on the brink of war.

I was wondering about Yemen, which still teeters on the brink of anarchy.

He stood shivering on the brink, waiting to dive in.

Tempers teeter on the brink of meltdown.

The country stands on the brink of bankruptcy after the IMF refused to release a $1. 2 billion loan charge.

Georgia is on the brink of enormous economic challenges.

to keep society on the brink of starvation .

The species is on the brink of extinction on the New Zealand mainland.

Right now, though, you are teetering on the brink.

The DeRosias, like so many couples, were teetering on the brink of divorce.

with only 40 individuals left in the wild , the far eastern leopard is on the brink of extinction.

Yet in the past eight months we've seen our credit rating - which was on the brink of being downgraded - affirmed at the triple A level.

There are many flowers on the brink of the pond.

It is not on the brink of another crisis.

Natalie is living on the brink of panic.

Is that true? Is China really on the brink? Far from it.

The government is teetering on the brink of collapse over its latest plans.

At worst, the world stands on the brink of a big crisis.

Our countries are on the brink of war.

The world financial system not only isn't functioning, it's on the brink of collapse, according to investor George Soros.

As women stand on the brink of inheriting the workplace they could be forgiven for asking themselves: "Is it worth it? "

The tree grew on the brink of the cliff.

I on the brink of the grave!

On the brink of falling in love.

At 14. 6 per cent, Germany "is on the brink of the worst-case scenario" , it concluded.

'It might not yet be an affair, but they're on the brink.

Baby, you're on the brink.

I have noticed a not so trend that I think is on the brink of tipping the scales.

On the brink of disintegration late last year, the party regained some strength by signalling a willingness to welcome defectors back.

PALESTINIANS have been on the brink of civil war ever since Hamas swept the old Fatah elite from power last year.

I'm very concerned that Coted'Ivoire is on the brink of sliding back into civil war.

This is on the brink of becoming a disaster for this country.

Europe is on the brink because it is unable to muster the political will to do what it must.

Ten years ago, Macedonia teetered on the brink of an all-out civil war pitting ethnic Albanian guerrillas against the security forces.

Endangered species A species that is on the brink of extinction.

Some wild animals are on the brink of extinction, for example, panda and tiger.

Last year Spain teetered on the brink over which Portugal, Greece and Ireland have toppled.

The world is on the brink of a nuclear power renaissance, and developing countries may also benefit, according to researchers.

Giant tortoises at that time were on the brink of extinction.

Just a decade ago Indonesia was on the brink of catastrophe. Things have taken a dramatic turn for the better, says Simon Long

This is probably because I am very relaxed, on the brink of sleeping.

We ' re often told that the world is tethering on the brink of destruction . But is this really the case ?

We ' re often told that the world is reaching on the brink of destruction . But is this really the case ?

But at the center of them all is this question: Are we on the brink of another war?

They don't know what I ascend is the province point high school, that time of I have already been on the brink of death, is this a reason?

Red shirts defy a state of emergency, as Thailand again teeters on the brink

North Korea cut off dialogue with South Korea on Thursday, claiming the peninsula was on the brink of another war,

But having taken the plunge, he is now on the brink of adventure;

With the US economy on the brink of meltdown and elections looming

Always on the brink of a heart attack

Human pain and suffering are so grim; we hover so often on the brink of war;

Iceland: Dancing on the Brink of Bankruptcy

Love come quickly Because I feel my self esteem caving in It's on the brink

The Giant Panda hovers on the brink of extinction

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Missing link on the brink Of destruction

The remnant: On the Brink of Armageddon

He warned that the economy is on the brink of recession,

It brought it on the brink of bankruptcy

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We hover so often on the brink of war;

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