near disaster
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Over the next months he knew every kind of near disaster.

Despite her near disaster, I was not feeling much really.

In fact there was near disaster right at the beginning.

Even those innovations that worked often did so only after near disasters.

That was the third day, when we lost a precious hour in a near disaster.

There is a near disaster and the human crew are almost killed.

Though the Administration tried to spin the case as a success, it was a near disaster.

The one thing of which he could be absolutely sure was that the near disaster had been no accident.

On that occasion his efforts met with a near disaster.

She couldn't get that near disaster this morning out of her mind.

Too bad it had taken this near disaster to straighten them both out.

The Apollo 13 mission, in 1970, was a near disaster.

And I commiserated with them in 1973 after the near disaster.

Then he struggled to his feet, still trembling from the near disaster.

The Giants' offensive line remains one play away from a near disaster.

When they resumed upstairs, the others had already learned of the near disaster.

In Japan, he said the country was on the road to reform, though many economists believe it is near disaster.

"There may be more we can do to avoid a replay of this near disaster."

She did not seem to be able to understand that their business slipped nearer disaster every day.

Imagine if you can apply that kind of intelligence to all the other near disasters in this society.

Sometimes the tactics have caused near disasters for civil rights organizations.

The company also made its first foray into the American market but the effort ended in near disaster.

Some floods near disaster were the reason for a restoration concept.

It amazed him that the station could go from calm to near disaster in a few short hours.

"You've turned a near disaster into a propaganda victory for the free world!

The place was, at times, in a state of near collapse.

You did right to order her to rest, though; she was pretty near collapse.

Over the years, the town's sewer system reached the point of near collapse.

Every person on the stage around the altar was in a state of near collapse.

The situation came to a head on 24 January 2008 when the national grid was brought to near collapse.

Americans have faced serious economic challenges since the near collapse of our economy in 2008.

Back in the day, the system seemed near collapse.

Small towns that were near collapse a few years ago are now beginning to stir.

But other participants in the talks said the negotiations were not near collapse.

A structural report in 1979 showed the bridge as being near collapse.

Normalcy is probably still a long way away for a financial system that was near collapse just months ago.

In an economy near collapse, people may take desperate measures against such a wealthy local.

Children cannot get special ed services without being assessed first, and the assessment process was near collapse.

The economy is near collapse, with pensions and salaries paid months late or not at all.

How did it reach this point of near collapse?

The military, already near collapse, is a major target.

Some roofs had fallen in; most of the buildings were near collapse.

During that road show, the partners explained in detail the reasons for its near collapse last fall.

The door was near collapsing but still offered cover.

The civil service system was said to be overrun with corruption and running into near collapse.

It threw her into a state of near collapse.

Still, if hardly near collapse, the army no longer totally commands center stage.

Opponents took the money and poured much of it into a transit system then near collapse.

At the time there were public signs that Enron, then an energy giant, was near collapse, it said.

But after many parts have failed, how can a utility manager tell that the network is near collapse?