But those risks have collapsed with the advent of airbags, anti-lock brakes and other technological breakthroughs.
You remember when that bridge in Minnesota collapsed with all those people on it?
The obvious choice is Mr Sarkozy, whose popularity has not collapsed with the government's.
Then in 1878 the corrupt City of Glasgow Bank collapsed with unlimited liability, bankrupting hundreds of prominent shareholders.
It collapsed with massive debts in the early 1990s and Mr Nadir was accused of stealing the money from the company.
Demand for satellites has collapsed with the bust in the telecoms market.
Three months later, Archduke Ferdinand was assassinated in Sarajevo, and interest in buying art collapsed with the first shots of World War I.
South Korea-born Na, who is a naturalized American, collapsed with a closing 76 to finish tied for seventh -- five shots behind Kuchar.
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They can also be expanded, collapsed with a touch.
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The golf course business has been in a tailspin the past five years as the market for second homes on golf courses collapsed with the recession taking courses down with them (see graphic below).
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In 2003 it was covered up by the media but later blipped briefly that the death of Baltimore Orioles pitcher Steve Belcher, which was supposedly due to taking the herb Ephedra was actually due to heat stroke when he collapsed with a core temperature of 106 degrees Fahrenheit in Florida.
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The Texas connections led to Khalid's involvement with the Hunt brothers' attempt to corner the silver market, which collapsed along with silver prices in 1980.
Sections of the road have collapsed before with barriers put in place, effectively creating single-file traffic.
About 1, 700 people lost their jobs when the company collapsed, with the closure of 186 stores.
But the deal quickly collapsed, with the rebels saying their demands, including the release of political prisoners, had not been met.
Each time the talks have collapsed, with much name-calling, mainly because both sides are protecting the interests of their national airlines.
By 2000 there was a pressing need for conservation, as the roof was leaking and sectors of the cornices had collapsed, with vegetation encroaching upon the structures.
The deal between DR Congo and Rwanda has also collapsed, with a new rebel group, the M23, becoming increasingly active in eastern DR Congo in 2012.
The market collapsed, with numerous companies suddenly facing insolvency.
Yang's year-long tenure was marked by an awkward, failed courtship with Microsoft, a series of disjointed attempts to revive the foundering portal's fortunes and, finally, a collapsed deal with Internet kingpin Google.
The building collapsed Friday with a "huge whoosh and then thump, " said Ali Jawad Bhimani, a hotel owner who lives near the building in Dar es Salaam's normally bustling Kariakoo central business district.
But uranium mining collapsed along with the price of uranium after accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl and the cancelation of 100 planned reactors in the U.S. There are now only four productive uranium mines.
The company, which had its head office in Hull, collapsed last year with the loss of nearly 7, 000 jobs.
The level that collapsed was stuffed with tons of pallets piled with cardboard boxes, crates of tissue-paper wrappings and other dense, heavy materials.
The level that collapsed was stuffed with tons of pallets piled with cardboard boxes, crates of tissue paper wrappings and other dense, heavy materials.
Mr Papandreou's approval rating has collapsed, along with that of his Panhellenic Socialist Movement (Pasok), but the opposition New Democracy party has been unable to pick up the slack.
What makes this story so riveting is this couple's attempt to literally create their own world, and their quiet grace and dignity when that world collapsed, especially with the deaths of their two adolescent sons.
All that has collapsed is a firm with 2900 employees, some of them expert in knowing commodity values.
Kirch collapsed in 2002, with three banks - Bayerische Landesbank, Lehman Brothers and JPMorgan - taking over its stake in F1.
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