Ghiyath Nakshbendi of American University in Washington notes that the problems are linked to a worldwide collapse in real estate prices.

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It's Huxley that said woe to the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact, nuclear collapse.

赫胥黎说过,一个美丽的理论,被丑陋的事实所抹杀，核坍塌，真是科学的悲剧。

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I thought the University positioned itself well to take advantage of this really not surprising collapse in housing prices.

我认为耶鲁摆正了自己的位置,妥善利用了,这次并不突然的房价崩溃

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The miners used front-loader machines that were not damaged in the collapse to clear the rubble.

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It only took five quarters for that share to collapse to its present 9%.

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"Failure" was defined as anything from collapse to damage so serious the bridge had to be closed.

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