the brink of

In fact, Countrywide had become a leading purveyor of toxic mortgage products that would take the company to the brink of bankruptcy.

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.

"Their unwillingness to compromise is pushing us to the brink of a default on the full faith and credit of the United States, " he said.

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.

And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river.

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

A week after going to the brink of war, the presidents of Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador kissed and made up on television.

Queen of Pain could bring him to the brink of death, but she was rune-bound to keep him alive.

When his master halted at the brink of a pool, and looked round to call him, he stopped outright.

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.

Had he failed to put in the hours, he would not have made it past qualifying, let alone to the brink of his first world title.

Instead, he soldiered on, following the sat nav system right up to and over the brink of a cliff.

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.

As General Motors peers over the brink of the abyss into a future that very likely holds a bankruptcy, the hits just keep coming.

Several bees quickly browsed the area and noted that the ground was bulging in one portion of the field close to the brink of a cliff.

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.

He realized that drastic measures were required if the Separatists continued to push the galaxy to the brink of war.

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?

Is love brings inspiration to SAN MAO continuously writing desire, is also love indirect let her to the brink of death.

Late Tuesday, U. S. President Barack Obama urged extreme caution on both sides, in an attempt to push Sudan back from the brink of war.

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.

Even when he's forced to hurl an entire continent made out of deadly Kryptonite into space, Superman bounces back from the brink of death.

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.

"We stand at the brink of a second nuclear age, " the bulletin's board of directors said in a statement.

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

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.

Last week we were at the brink of something that would have made anything that's happened in financial history look pale.

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.

Humanity is in peril! The tides of darkness have come again, and the whole world is poised upon the brink of war!

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 .

Our livestock was almost at the brink of extinction, protected as well.

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 .

After Mr Jobs lost a power struggle and left Apple in the 1980s, the company floundered until it reached the brink of bankruptcy.

More interesting than the run to the brink of a medal ceremony was the reaction back home in the US.

In a matter of days, the situation on the Korean peninsula appears to have switched from the brink of war to hope for new dialogue.

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.

You are literally at the brink of the collapse of the old world and a chaotic birthing into the new.

How to explain the psychology of a woman driven to the brink of insanity by the figure of a man?

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

Investors have seen Washington walk to the brink of a needless financial disaster and talk seriously about whether to jump.

The U. S could manage to hold the fort for international coordination and pull the world back from the brink of Smoot-Hawley II.

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.

He thought that he already distinctly perceived the brink of the bottomless abyss.

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 .

Hopefully, this study will help society find the best way to help the dwindling wobbegong back from the brink of extinction.

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.

Nuclear recycling would bring South Korea to the brink of being able to make bombs.

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

This fear-driven avoidance is, Zeleny stated, bringing the time-honored tradition of the political meeting to the brink of extinction.

His incompetence has brought the company to the brink of bankruptcy.

I have come to the brink of eternity from which nothing can vanish--no hope , no happiness , no vision of a face seen through tears.

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

It's sad how our effort to promote the survival of our species through copious copulation has run other species to the brink of extinction.

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.

AIG, by losing money and maneuvering their operations to the brink of bankruptcy, was telling us that they were inefficient.

others are rare, having been hunted to the brink of extinction or chivied out of their last natural redoubts by human pressures.

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. "

Global warming had rescued them from the brink of destruction and cemebted their position as one of the most powerful species in Africa.

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.

"He did bring us back from the brink of a Depression, " said Democrat Robert Menendez.

She plays a Japanese tourist who brings one character to the brink of infidelity to his girlfriend.

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.

This is a Tzu Chi Volunteer. His mind was never confused, even at the brink of death. He is an example of a Bodhisattva who diligently.

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" .

The speed and ferocity of the Lehman Brothers crisis brought the world to the brink of a meltdown.

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

Washington's scapegoating of China could take the world to the brink of a very slippery slope.

Cyprus, a midget within the monetary union, has been pushed to the brink of a bail-out.

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

We stand now, Among the brink of destruction, for the reign of chaos has come at last.

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

Pushed to the brink of survival, the Kaminoans perfected cloning technology and practiced selective breeding to keep their species viable.

Climate change alone is expected to force a further 15%- 37% of species to the brink of extinction within the next 50 years.

We urge him to walk away now and allow new blood to retrieve us from the brink of disaster.

The firing was accompanied by more tough talk from Pyongyang, which warned Friday the two nations are edging closer to "the brink of war. "

"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. "

Meanwhile, security and immigration procedures in American airports drive travellers to the brink of rebellion.

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

Kilimanjaro is surrounded by mountains, live there many mammals, some of them to the brink of extinction or species.

It is imperative that you fulfill your obligations to your own race and step back from the brink of insanity to face ascendancy.

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.

Liberia and Sierra Leone have been pulled back from the brink of utter chaos in recent years, and both are now at peace.

ancient China from the economic brink of the brink of collapse leapt to promote world economic growth, a powerful engine.

In fact, let's not call our wobbly progress from the brink of a global financial meltdown a "recovery. " Why?

The brink of the sea there are rocks, not one of the peninsula is the Mody .

The darkest days once drove him to the brink of suicide, Ren admitted.

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

Using these unnatural methods FOR the purpose of human enjoyment would only push mankind towards the brink of destruction.

But its departure marks the first big reversal of a troop build-up ordered to pull Iraq back from the brink of all-out civil war.

A number of big property developers overextended themselves and approached the brink of collapse.

Look no further than India and Pakistan, two arch enemies that possess nuclear weapons and occasionally come to the brink of nuclear war.

Its unravelling was swift and disheartening, and brings Thailand back to the brink of further unrest.

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 SMEs, this change has led to a credit squeeze, which is pushing many to 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.

In Yemen, meanwhile, President Ali Abdullah Saleh has resisted calls to step down, pushing his country to the brink of civil war.

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.

"We hope that we don't see a crisis which pushes the global economy to the brink of ruin, " Glos said.

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

Invasive species can decrease biodiversity and drive resident species to the brink of extinction.

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.

Sokol: He swooped in to save utility Constellation Energy from the brink of bankruptcy.

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.

Politicians have joined hands and completely plundered this country to the brink of destruction.

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.

At present, conventional optical cameras and related film industry down overall, the brink of collapse.

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

Additional, using two-layered grid structure in the brink of structure would improve the stability of structure.

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

The man went over on the Canadian side, right at the brink of Horseshoe Falls, " said Inspector Paul, of Niagara Parks police. "

From being qualified at the brink of the Second World War, Dr. Watson has worked as an obstetrician for 63 years.

The owners vanished for good, and countless unemployed workers were driven to the brink of desperation.

His cunning tactics and unerring strategies brought the Empire to the brink of victory five years after the Battle of Endor.

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

Lu even the hegemony of the past, has become a dominant Luneng's one-man show, and Dalian, had fallen to the brink of relegation .

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

A businessman will reach the brink of explicitly denouncing a government policy but not take the leap, instead lapsing into awkward silence.

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

But war can increase domestic demand to promote the production, saving companies the brink of bankruptcy.

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

Had a dream once came to the brink of collapse, many times flying expect the eternal soul.

The Youth Pill: Scientists at the Brink of an Anti-Ageing Revolution.

Today, the koala has climbed back from the brink of extinction and is thriving again.

A UNESCO study warned that targeted violence had brought the university system to the brink of collapse.

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.

Though his physical body had healed, Durge's already dangerous psyche was pushed further past the brink of sanity.

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

But such whaling, paired with high seas expeditions, brought many whales to the brink of extinction.

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.

He is credited with helping South Korea recover from the brink of bankruptcy during the Asian financial crisis.

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.

This 50 warrior, maybe not going to come back, they do with your life, walk chips at the brink of death.

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.

The brink of collapse with the Soviet Union had different, if China suddenly a huge tsunami disappeared, the world will miss it.

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

In most countries unemployment above 10% is seen dangerous, taking societies to the brink of massive protests and riots.

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.

close to the brink of a cliff.

Lula rode to office on a wave of anti-capitalist rhetoric that panicked investors and brought the country to the brink of default in 2002.

The social uniformity and obsession with rules has often driven me, the Westerner, to the brink of frustration.

The climber made a sudden stand at the brink of the precipice.

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.

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

He fell over the brink of the cliff, but was only slightly hurt.

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.

But together, we forged a response that pulled the global economy back from the brink of catastrophe.

The high selenium areas adjacent to the brink of poor selenium areas assume in the north and south trend.

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.

Middle-earth stands upon the brink of destruction. None can escape it.

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 short-term lenders declined to renew their loans, driving Bear to the brink of default.

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

Margaret, a publishing executive, tells her own near-miss story of how she stepped back from the brink of insanity.

I hope when historians look back on these unprecedented times they will understand that we stepped back from the brink of fragmentation.

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.

These trends brought the dollar to the brink of some significant levels against the euro, yen and other currencies.

This credit freeze brought the global financial system to the brink of collapse.

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

If this is the case, the carefully calculated balance that has held the Korean peninsula back from the brink of war may be unravelling.

His unbrokered return would probably be disastrous, taking the country back to the brink of breakdown.

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.

The alternative is the BIS's horror vision: a return to the brink of financial collapse.

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.

Looking back on the past few weeks, Johnnie Levy can see how she was driven to the brink of death and didn't care.

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.

In the mid-1990s the two nuclear-armed states inched to the brink of war over the island.

The economists say the competition drove the otter to the brink of extinction.

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

The latter can quickly come to the brink of collapse, and often guilty of honest mistake.

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.

Because of the uniqueness of death is not reversible, the brink of death has become a life-threatening external force.

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.

But America stands at the brink of a new age.

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

always at the brink of something life-changing but never quite there.

But it would inch Thailand back from the brink of all-out civil strife.

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.