Certainly it was a function of his concern for his nation and his recognition that our very existence hung in the balance.

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But we also knew that millions of jobs hung in the balance.

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But even as the fates of Lehman and Merrill hung in the balance, another crisis loomed as the insurance giant American International Group appeared to teeter.

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The extensive coverage of Angelo Mozilo and Countrywide is especially poignant since his future still hung in the balance at the time the book went to press.

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Those who visited the New Amsterdam when its fate hung in the balance found flooded floors, soaked and stained walls, and stairs like ski slopes of crumbled, fallen plaster.

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True, he was helped by Mr Brown's often surreal efforts to ingratiate himself with the Lib Dem leader (his party could, after all, hold the balance of power in a hung parliament).

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