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As the fruity orgy wound down and the hoses came out to wash down the streets.

Now that the U. S. involvement in Iraq has wound down, Crane says, oil seems to be less of an American security concern.

As the conference wound down and his American colleagues headed to the airport, he made a joke about escaping across the border.

But when the clock wound down as the six months passed, she found herself alive and decided to live one day at a time.

The party wound down as guests began to leave.

Its existing fund will continue investments, but by not raising fresh money the company as a whole will be gradually wound down.

Their fathers and mothers wound down gently into a quiet retirement. But today's over-50s have no intention of following suit.

10As the fiercest fighting wound down in 2002, Afghanistan returned to a semblance of normality.

Bad assets will be wound down in a lengthy liquidation.

Just as the timber war wound down, the tanker war began.

As the conversation wound down, I thought our time together would be over.

Such policies have been wound down and supplanted by renewed state intervention.

Their fathers and mothers wound down gently into a quiet retirement.

As the first half of the year wound down, even stronger economies like France were starting to worry investors.

Their securitization business, whereby they purchase mortgages and issue securities against them, should likewise be wound down.

Nor is there much sign, even if Fannie and Freddie are wound down, of an appetite for taking away official backing entirely.

I knew I'd have an opportunity to win some more victories as Congress wound down, but I wasn't so sure about the Middle East.

Sheila Bair , the boss of the FDIC, has said regulators should act as a bridge as firms are wound down.

There was some high controversy on Friday night as the day wound down.

As a creditor, the state also has a big claim on the assets of the "old" banks as they are restructured or wound down.

As the speech wound down, the laughter continued, ultimately attracting 21 new members, and 14 new volunteers.

It suggests that Fannie and Freddie should be wound down over several years, and offers three different options for the future.

This unit is being wound down, and other "non-core" assets are being sold off.

And we lived in a house that had a two-story atrium that sort of wound down the stairway. . .

Central government investment spending fell late last year and early this year as the economic stimulus put in place in 2009 wound down.

The top rotated with decreasing speed as the spring wound down.

You have to write out a "living will" that details how you'll be wound down if you do fail.

Over time their holdings of securities will probably be wound down.

As his career wound down, it was his 36-year-old back that betrayed him.

"Can you help me move to the US? " he asked an FT reporter as the strike wound down.

Supposedly, the former would swiftly fly free, while the latter would remain in bankruptcy and be slowly wound down.

A man wearing a deerstalker drew alongside, wound down his window and said, "Hello Johnny, what are you doing here? "

The talent show wound down.

Drivers who wound down the car window, not stopping, and shouted "Get a job! "

The upshot is that many of them are now too big and must be wound down.

they can be wound up or wound down.

As the design conference wound down, the panel took questions from the audience;

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