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His knees began to buckle and she braced herself as he collapsed into her arms. They both tumbled to the ground.

She watched at least five of her friends being hit by the gunman's bullets and watched as the bodies tumbled off the rock and into the lake.

Capital spending tumbled during the recession more than it had at any time since the Great Depression.

and, after a little consultation, one and all tumbled down the fore companion thinking, no doubt, to take us on the rear.

I had been taken back to my room after surgery, one-quarter awake and feeling as if I had just tumbled over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

the slip-shod waiter folding a tumbled table -cloth, and Robert Audley's handsome face looking at him full of compassionate alarm.

in the daily rough and tumble, does it feel like other people care less about how rough you have it and how much you're getting tumbled?

It was fall 2000, and Wolovitz felt a bit stunned himself as the fateful words tumbled out of his mouth.

He said Sudan would have to lower imports to reduce pressure on the Sudanese pound, which has tumbled against the dollar.

Less than a week after clocking the fastest sprint in human history, Tyson Gay, 25, tumbled to the track at the U.

Instead of obeying , Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under back of his head and simled.

On a path between some classroom buildings, something tumbled across the sidewalk, blowing in the wind.

Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.

There was no more talk of play-acting once the very real and solid contents of the basket had been tumbled out on the table.

Consumer confidence in the euro zone tumbled to its lowest level in two years, the Brussels-based European Commission said Thursday.

Whatever Professor McGonagall had expected, it wasn't that. The books she was carrying tumbled out of her arms, but she didn't pick them up.

That it has continued to push the renminbi higher as global markets have tumbled suggests a somewhat stronger commitment to appreciation.

Then Little Nutbrown Hare had a good idea. He tumbled upside down and reached up the tree trunk with his feet.

Then one of them ran and cut him down with a sword, and he tumbled on the grass, half strangled , and unable to speak for the time.

He came round the back of the fir tree, and nearly tumbled upon the top of his Cousin Peter.

Asian stock markets, despite a recent rally, have tumbled in recent months on concerns over the state of the U. S. economy.

Share prices tumbled across the globe yesterday amid mounting fears over the financial health of banks and a spate of dividend cuts.

We seem to have tumbled into the clover. I hope that you have made the most of your opportunities.

his hands caressed her tumbled hair gently , soothingly , and his voice was gentle too.

Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall.

There simply was no railing and I just tumbled down the staircase.

"I got another one! " he shouted gleefully, clapping his hands as another nest tumbled to the ground.

well , see you around , i guess . " the wind tumbled an empty feed bag down the street until it fetched up under his truck" .

John Paulson stepped away from his desk to greet a group of clients in his Manhattan offices as stocks tumbled last month.

There was a long, fading wail as it tumbled toward the luminous creatures waiting below, then a splash, then silence.

Five months later, 14 students died when a three-wheel farm truck being used as a school bus tumbled into a river in Hunan Province.

What was literally a pile of wolves writhed and tumbled in the center of an open flat at the foot of our rimrock.

In Europe, German exports and industry output tumbled and one of its top retailers filed for insolvency on Tuesday.

Output per worker tumbled during the recession as joblessness rose less than output fell; it has remained poor since.

But the component of the index covering businesses' expectations about the next six months tumbled to its lowest since February 1993.

But no. The ball rolled sweetly towards the hole, improbably curving round, hovered on the edge of the cup, then tumbled in.

The words tumbled out in an incoherent jumble interrupted by heaving shoulders and gales of cackling laughter.

After three years of big gains, many stock markets have tumbled by 10% or more in less than ten days.

This week, the stricken pound tumbled to a new record low against the euro, and is rapidly heading towards parity with the currency.

Thousands of iron hammers rose and fell in the work field, and the big rocks tumbled to the ground with a sound like thunder.

Although actual output tumbled during the 1930s, America's potential growth rate did not.

The rocks and part of the ceiling tumbled on the droids, sending them careening into walls, the floor, and one another.

He would hardly articulate the words that tumbled passionately from his lips.

Prices of these bonds have tumbled by an average 22 cents on the dollar in the past two months alone, causing yields to jump.

The large, downy peaches would reach themselves into my hand, and as the joyous breezes flew about the trees the apples tumbled at my feet.

A mop of silky white curls tumbled about her shoulders, contrasting with baby skin that had the sheen and texture of black satin.

On Monday, the company's Nasdaq-listed stock tumbled 27% following reports of the infants' puberty symptoms in local media.

Two revolvers had tumbled to the floor, but the bride had not used hers.

He was lucky in the fact that opportunity tumbled into his lap, as it were.

Dawn came as a relief , with a gesture of coolness , and we tumbled out of bed, almost sick with excitement .

Residential investment in the first quarter also tumbled 38%, but home building appears to have stopped declining by the end of the quarter.

I'd just got to where they all tumbled into the water when I forgot and laughed out loud.

China's exports tumbled by 13% (in dollar terms), in the fourth quarter, leaving them 3% lower in December than a year earlier.

eg. Tax receipts tumbled across the board as a result of falling profits and rising unemployment.

The last time the global economy tumbled, Chinese leaders took action, decisively and quickly.

Reflecting the possible dent it could put in profitability, bank shares tumbled, pulling stockmarkets down sharply around the world.

Perhaps some piece had broken off, leaving it more streamlined as it tumbled through the upper atmosphere.

Profit even tumbled by half in the bank's deposit-gathering business.

And when the earthquake struck, rocks and boulders tumbled down on to the town below.

Telecoms charges have tumbled, allowing workers in far-flung locations to be connected cheaply to customers in the developed world.

Then the eldest looked at his bed, and, seeing that it looked tumbled, cried out that some one had been upon it.

Breyugar tumbled in a disordered heap, oyster-pale fingers curled toward the sky.

The stock price of Blackstone, a rival private-equity firm that went public in 2007, has tumbled to less than a third of its listing price.

It was a long time before she tumbled (to what I mean).

Many infants who appear to have been shaken to death may simply have tumbled, suffocated or met with some other accident.

It was a long time before she tumbled to what I meant.

U. S. factory orders tumbled in August and the number of workers seeking jobless benefits rose in the latest week to a seven-year high.

Many slipped, somersaulted and tumbled their way to the bottom during the five races that were held.

Even gold, which investors have turned to as a haven that would protect them in times of market turmoil, has tumbled.

China's benchmark equity index, while recovering a little on Wednesday, has tumbled more than 9 per cent in less than two weeks.

The occupancy rate of the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed trains has tumbled a month after the line opened, the Oriental Morning Post reported.

Since Mr Papandreou's referendum announcement, which robbed Greece of its remaining credibility, party unity has tumbled.

Sino-Forest's stock price has tumbled about 80% since late May amid allegations about its accounting, which the company has denied.

Fiat is now in crisis after sales at its car arm Fiat Auto tumbled, pushing the group into loss and raising concerns about its debt.

And suddenly Tyrant was struck by the plastic fork. Bits of cake, piece of icing and Tyrant tumbled to the ground.

This month a striking new statistic tumbled out of Europe's vast - but somewhat shadowy - leveraged loan sector.

It was a delicate green collection, barely showing amidst the tumbled tangle of stalks and leaves.

The two animals tumbled over each other in their eagerness to get inside, and heard the door shut behind them with great joy and relief.

The huge black rooster tumbled into the air before eventually thudding into the center of the yard.

Stocks tumbled Thursday as investors sorted through President Obama's ambitious federal budget for the next 10 years.

and an empty bottle, broken by the neck, tumbled to and fro like a live thing in the scuppers.

The survey of 55 top economists shows confidence has tumbled from a year ago.

The camera glanced off the tip of my finger, and tumbled toward the floor.

A day later, shares in RAMS, one of the country's mortgage lenders, tumbled 60% after it sought emergency funding.

In other markets, the dollar fell and bonds rose in a flight to safety as the stock market tumbled on Obama's announcement.

A spark flew where the steel bit into the stone man's calcified grey flesh, but his arm tumbled to the deck all the same.

An egg tumbled from the nest is fair game for Johnny Rook. He'll soon have his own brood to look after.

We tumbled out of our respective days, like creatures shaken from a net.

Instead, they were left with a bigger mess after MF Global tumbled into bankruptcy.

They jumped in and out of the snowdrifts and tumbled through the deep unbroken white fields in front of the school.

Fernandez's foot caught his own calf and he tumbled to the ground. He fell on himself.

1: The wind blowing, gradually, tumbled my hair, also let my skirt some.

The ship's aft section detonated and her mid and fore sections tumbled away aflame and spewing smoke.

Revenues have tumbled, profits have been squeezed and some owners are keen to sell. Fund management is set for a wave of mergers.

investing had tumbled during the second quarter, paced by an 89 per cent decline in equity trading.

The cost of a 30-year mortgage has risen over the past six months, even as short-term rates have tumbled.

And although banks' shares have tumbled over the past few weeks, analysts are still forecasting higher profits for the year ahead.

Instead of going into his mouth, the insect tumbled into the jar.

Kenobi's blade sheared from him his lower legs and his left arm, and his crippled body tumbled onto the searing black sands of Mustafar.

TYPICAL USE: The crippled child tumbled down the stairs and was badly hurt.

As stocks tumbled over the summer, many investors feared the US could suffer a prolonged bout of Japanese-style deflation.

The child tripped and tumbled down the stairs.

Home sales have tumbled since a home buyer tax credit expired at the end of April, despite mortgage rates falling to record lows.

As the US and Europe tumbled into recession, it was left to the likes of China, India and Brazil to avert a slump.

During the next five weeks, it tumbled 28%, to a HK$52. 15 close on Nov. 13, before climbing some of the way back.

Greek stocks tumbled for a second day, with the ASE Index falling 3. 8 percent to its lowest level since 1998.

But if our net worth has tumbled along with the share price, it may be psychologically difficult to add to the position.

Stockmarkets tumbled around the world (though some Asian bourses were closed) and the oil price plummeted to well under $100 a barrel.

The wind tumbled his hair style.

But as cheap financing has dried up and economies have tumbled into recession, investors have become badly exposed.

Universa purchased 50, 000 options that would come into the money if the S& P index tumbled precipitously.

The dollar tumbled to its lowest level against major currencies.

The children tumbled off the bus at the park.

Prices for agricultural commodities have tumbled by about half from such levels but countries remain concerned about long-term supplies.

We are as shattered as the windows and mirrors that tumbled when that 300-mile fault tore open in the middle of a late-summer night.

Treasury yields have tumbled as investors have fled to the relative safety of American government bonds.

The crippled child tumbled down the stairs and was badly hurt.

Commodity prices, including oil and copper, tumbled on fears that struggling economies will mean less consumption of raw materials.

An old man named Father Fauchelevent had just fallen beneath his cart, his horse having tumbled down.

My former house has turned into a wreck of tumbled walls.

It tumbled down through the bleeding tree and landed at our feet with a thud.

Morgan Stanley's shares tumbled by 25% on Thursday as investors once again bet that its days as an independent firm are numbered.

The index tumbled during the next five months, hitting a low of 676. 53 on March 9, but it has edged back.

The pound also tumbled by more than 1 percent against the dollar on concerns about the viability of the public finances.

Whirlpool's profits have disappointed, and its share price has tumbled by nearly a third since April.

Production, marketing and talent costs have spiralled as sales of DVDs, the industry's most profitable revenue stream, have tumbled.

Japan relies heavily on exports, particularly of cars and electronic goods, which have tumbled as the world economy has slumped.

a rare-earths producer often considered an industry bellwether. Its New York Stock Exchange-listed shares subsequently tumbled nearly 22%.

Futures contracts on the CSI 300 started trading last Friday in a milestone for the country's capital markets. Yesterday they tumbled.

Gasoline prices tumbled while car dealers, retailers and others stepped up discounting to move goods and services.

The boys tumbled out over a matter of two foreign stamps.

I could hear myself scream as we collided and tumbled in a tangle of powder, snapped-off skis, lost poles.

Stockmarkets around the world have tumbled (see article).

The child tumbled down the stairs.

Indeed, many of these same winners tumbled sharply during the bear market.

tom , just cut his arm with a scythe , tumbled on it in the hayfield.

And, as real estate prices have tumbled, existing homeowners can't borrow against the value of their homes as they once did.

They twirled and tumbled and soared, their lean, lithe bodies slicing the air like tiny blades.

Oil and gasoline futures prices tumbled Wednesday on concerns that American motorists are cutting back their driving.

Irish banks tumbled on concern that the bailout package will dilute existing investors' stakes in the lenders.

Its currency tumbled and the cost of insuring its national debt against default soared.

snow . " an icicle tumbled from a branch . the white wolf turned toward the sound and bared his teeth" .

In recent months this has put intense pressure on its gaming operators, whose share prices have tumbled.

Tencent Holdings Ltd. tumbled 5. 6% after the company's first-half profits fell short of expectations .

Gartmore, the U. K. money manager that began trading its shares in December, tumbled 14 percent to 108 pence, the biggest drop since March.

Schoolchildren tumbled out of the bus.

Before long, when crossing rivers with goods, the mule no longer tumbled . Dear friends, do you know what the reason is?

But oil earnings tumbled and foreign investment dried up, even as the population tripled.

U. S. traders braced for another disappointing report on the housing market later in the day. Overseas markets tumbled.

Quite accidentally, the police tumbled on the answer to the mystery.

"I liked the place where the bundles fell off and tumbled downstairs, " said Meg.

Russian indices have tumbled this month from their previous highs for the year, as have stockmarkets in many emerging economies.

General Motors stock tumbled more than 20 percent after analysts downgraded the top American carmaker.

The Ancient Romans believed that the stones were splinters of stars that had tumbled to earth.

And then oil prices tumbled, making ethanol significantly less competitive in the energy marketplace.

Retail trade employment growth also tumbled, as nervous consumers trimmed spending.

Prices have tumbled by more than a third in three months, as Chinese steelmakers have scaled down production.

This week, even as crude oil has tumbled, shares of companies that benefit directly from lower energy costs have fallen.

Handsome domesticated yak leather is tumbled, tanned and treated for matchless style and softness you'll love.

Treasurys, whose prices had tumbled on Monday, rebounded in price on Tuesday as investors sought safe refuges.

Then, when Lehman Brothers tumbled in mid-September, some investors thought this marked another nadir.

The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled nearly 113 points, its fifth decline in the last six sessions.

The pupils tumbled out of the classroom.

U. S. stocks and the dollar rose on the data as investors sensed the recession was ending. Safe-haven government bond prices tumbled.

Volumes of shares traded have fallen across Asia over the past year as markets have tumbled and volatility has surged.

Stocks of some of these firms have tumbled this year.

A decade ago, emerald prices tumbled after a well-known jeweller was sued over a flawed stone.

Sales tumbled 1. 1%, the biggest fall in three months, confounding analysts' forecasts of a modest increase.

Since then, however, headset prices have tumbled, leading to several niftier offerings.

Greek bonds fell for the seventh straight session on Thursday and the Greece's benchmark stock index tumbled.

If the yuan tumbled 30% the contract would produce a profit of about 5, 500%.

Of course, that makes the Aussie dollar more appealing, although it has tumbled from the highs set in 2008.

Stockmarkets also tumbled, with nearly $1 trillion wiped off the value of shares worldwide.

The water frothed as it tumbled down the rocks.

Tumbled leather expertly stitched for lasting performance.

Property prices have tumbled by two-thirds since the financial crisis of 1998.

Global shares have tumbled after the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's downgraded Greek debt to "junk" on Tuesday.

Stock prices tumbled Wednesday, led downward by some of the world's biggest banks.

Since the al-Qaeda attacks of September 11th 2001 money has tumbled into the Defence Department.

Nissan North America: Sales of its Infiniti luxury division, which gets most vehicles from Japan, tumbled 13. 5% in October.

But the one heeded them not, and taking a breath did let go, and at once was tumbled and smashed by the current across the rocks.

They jumped out just before their car tumbled down the mountainside.

Stock markets tumbled as exports plunged and economic growth deteriorated.

Oil prices tumbled, giving consumers a sudden windfall that helped support spending.

The cost of funding in the commercial paper market also tumbled.

They tumbled stray, often unhealthy, items into their baskets, and later, when questioned, couldn't cite a reason for the purchases.

Volumes of shares traded have fallen across Asia during the past year as markets have tumbled and volatility surged.

Back then, economic growth wobbled, investors fled stocks for bonds, and yields tumbled.

At best, that reflects poor analysis: the stockmarket tumbled 41% during the year.

These have fallen by 10% over the past year, compared with a surge of 35% in early 2008, suggesting that incomes and output have tumbled.

"Nixon's approval rating tumbled to 23 percent in January 1974, seven months before his resignation over the botched Watergate break-in. "

New Zealand's dollar tumbled after a private report showed consumer confidence fell to a 17-year low this month.

Stocks tumbled at the open Wednesday as investors remain nervous about what the Federal Reserve will do at its meeting next week.

Finally Japhy's legs began to hurt and they just tumbled over on the mattress where both Alvah and Japhy began to explore the territory.

No sooner had she spoken than down the chimney tumbled two feet from which the flesh had rotted.

We fell hard to the ground and tumbled into the ditch alongside the walkway.

Joey suddenly tumbled to comprehen~ sion and realized that he much more wanted his Daddy than his tuition money. He cried again.

Stockmarkets are down sharply, commodity prices have tumbled and volatility is up.

Treasury and corporate bonds have tumbled in the past couple of weeks, after hitting giddy and absurd heights.

The d-eight canvas range is made from a beige jacquard canvas printed with the d-eight logo, edged with dark brown tumbled cowhide leather.

For the five worst crises, growth rates tumbled by five percentage points from their peak and recovery took more than three years.

As South Korea's capital account plunged into the red at the end of 2008, the won tumbled (see chart).

Japanese shares have tumbled on the first trading day after the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the country's northeast shore.

Wrong answer: Because she tumbled in an airplane.

As sales tumbled, executives said, Mr. Johnson finally seemed inclined to listen.

One night last summer he'd come to the factory yard soused, climbed up on a vat, and tumbled in.

A pile of magazines tumbled out when he opened the cupboard.

Money manager Lincoln Ellis says General Motors shares tumbled 15 percent amid renewed doubts about that company's viability.

Prices on semiconductor shares eventually tumbled and have never returned to their former levels.

Manufacturing output tumbled 15% over the course of the recession, from December 2007 to the end of June 2009.

Someone has left a vase of blue cloth flowers; it has tumbled over.

We tumbled into bed at the end of an exhausting day.

Robberies in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York have tumbled in the past few years, defying the national trend (see chart).

On Wall Street, stocks tumbled as soaring oil prices fanned inflation concerns.

Indices around the world have tumbled.

They have lost a fortune, as the value of their homes and retirement portfolios has tumbled.

I recall Min An, long brown hair tumbled over bent shoulders, reading softly to the gaunt.

Companies raised more than $41bn in Shenzhen and Shanghai, even as stock prices tumbled to three-year lows.

Down the side of the mountain tumbled a foaming waterfall.

Container rates have tumbled: before last summer it cost $1, 400 to move a container from China to Europe; today the rate is barely $400.

One office building housing 200 workers had collapsed, while Christchurch Cathedral's spire tumbled.

The yield of the 10-year Treasury note tumbled to 1. 717%, the lowest since at least the 1950s.

Volumes in stocks traded have tumbled this week amid the Christmas and New Year holidays.

U. S. steel prices tumbled in June, and U. S. steel mills are responding by cutting production.

Tumbled harness leather trim with matching double keepers.

The deserted building tumbled down when an earthquake happened.

The earthquake tumbled me out of bed .

U. S. stocks tumbled yesterday after Germany's announced its ban on naked short-selling.

UBS's shares tumbled by more than 9% in Swiss trading following the announcement and opened more than 9% lower in New York.

Corn tumbled on June 30 when a government report predicted bumper U. S. harvests this fall.

I discovered that a lot of imported drainage pipes for the settlement had been tumbled in there.

So far this week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has tumbled 661 points, or 7 percent.

So media must be pre-tumbled in the machine for 10 hours then they can be used for testing for 50 hours.

In her hurry she tumbled down.

Tumbled harness leather trim with matching single keeper.

In some cases the share prices of quoted peers have tumbled as the outlook for profits has darkened.

When risky mortgage bonds tumbled in value, Mr. Paulson's insurance soared.

The artillery attack killed 2 ROK soldiers, sent scores of civilians fleeing and tumbled Asian stock markets.

And crude oil tumbled back to $91 a barrel. After the International Energy Agency cut its forecast for global oil demand through 2008.

Last week, shares of banks fell to their lowest levels in decades, as broad stock and bond markets tumbled.

Stocks tumbled in the morning after a report showed existing home sales plunged to an 11-year low in January.

Meanwhile, the value has declined even more as rent and occupancy rates have tumbled.

Copper futures, often seen as a barometer of overall economic activity, tumbled 7. 3% to a 52-week low.

Even as the economy grew strongly, pushing commodities to new highs, the Shanghai Composite index tumbled 11. 4 per cent.

Parts must be tumbled to remove sharp edges.

When the equity market tumbled 40% and interest rates fell way below 6%, the folly of this advice was revealed.

Amazon. com, the largest Internet retailer, tumbled 10 percent as profit trailed forecasts.

The dollar and the yen, havens for investors fleeing market turmoil, tumbled.

At times, that stemmed from gold's safe-haven status as other asset classes tumbled.

Stocks tumbled, commodities plunged and the dollar jumped.