1 | The long and costly strike proved to be the last nail in the company's coffin. | |
2 | Another weakness is in the so-called "war of ideas". | |
3 | What makes China' s currency policy especially problematic is the depressed state of the world economy. | |
4 | In Ireland, the government has been brought down by a catastrophic banking system failure. | |
5 | At one point he suffered a setback at work and I worried that he was headed for a major depression. |