Rivalries and political realities are already causing a near meltdown, and bigger problems are looming.

Deb shows uncharacteristic sympathy toward the always perfect Corey having a near meltdown and helps calm her.

What you ignore is that a near meltdown of the world financial system has put all of those little details into a large crusher and compressed them down until they don't matter any more.

Oh, and remember the near meltdown at United, struggling with labor problems and bad weather in the summer of 2000?

Mathematically, the Nets (43-28) can still catch the Heat (48-24) in the standings, but it would take a near meltdown by Miami.

There was the near financial meltdown of Westchester Medical Center, which the county controlled until the late 1990's.

The company's commercial vehicle division continued to bounce back from a near meltdown of the truck market in 2001.

The 2002 election resulted in a near meltdown for Fine Gael.

Just three games into the season, the high-priced, built-to-win-now Washington Redskins were near meltdown.