Born in Philadelphia, raised in New Jersey, he skipped college and plunged into the 1960s counterculture.
But in August, Blum made his lowball bid for Buy.com shares and plunged back into the company's affairs.
The earthquake crashed telephone networks in Chengdu and plunged parts of the city of 11 million into darkness.
When I turned on the microwave to reheat some edamame with dinner, I was greeted by a loud jolt, and plunged into darkness.
So when Hailey suddenly took a fake syringe and plunged it into the rubber hand I let out a manly squeal of horror.
To the shock of the hundreds of researchers who now work with embryonic stem cells, the judge agreed and plunged the field into confusion.
All 230 people on board the Boeing 747 were killed when the New York-to-Paris flight exploded and plunged into the Atlantic on July 17.
North American heavy duty truck sales peaked in 2006 with 360, 000 units, just ahead of tighter emission standards, and plunged to 110, 000 units in 2009.
When diabetes-related complications led to his legs being amputated, Raj, who was then 13 and the eldest son among five siblings, left school and plunged into the family trade.
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It was a crisis that cost us more than eight million jobs and plunged our economy and the world into a crisis from which we are still fighting to recover.
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Mr Rippington died and more than 20 people were hurt when the bus overturned and plunged to the bottom of a motorway embankment on the A26 near Rheims on 19 February.
Goodyear drove itself into a similar trap in the 1980s, when it loaded up with debt and plunged into foolish diversification schemes instead of concentrating on the business it knew best, tires.
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Mr Rippington died and more than 20 people were hurt when the bus overturned and plunged to the bottom of a motorway embankment on the A26 near Rheims on 19 February last year.
Last year, in its most recent test, the X-51 fell for about four seconds before its booster rocket ignited, but the aircraft failed to separate from the rocket and plunged into the ocean.
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In 1989, when Luis Carlos Galan, a reformist politician and friend of her mother's, was murdered by Pablo Escobar, the drug trafficker, Ms Betancourt tore up the script for her life as a diplomatic wife, returned to Colombia and plunged into politics.
It's fun to see the Paramount logo and feel like you could start climbing that mountain, but after we've been poked and prodded by spears and swords, escaped falling masonry, admired heaving bosoms and plunged into icy depths, the novelty becomes a distraction.
The glossy black fin and back of a minke whale rose a hundred yards astern, two yellow-striped dolphins broke water and plunged down again, and then the flow of the turned tide could be seen as a chop on the water, small standing waves that indicated the Minch was reversing its direction.
Sales at General Motors and Ford plunged by 22% and 19% respectively compared with July 2006.
Then he accidentally knocked her off the branch, and she plunged into the water and swam off.
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Oil and gas prices have plunged and could fall further still if the economy comes crashing to a halt.
Sales of medium and heavy trucks and buses plunged 39% to 19, 095 vehicles, hurt by slowing economic growth, reduced freight transportation, and lower demand in sectors such as mining.
New home starts and permits for futures starts plunged more than forecasts, and existing home sales unexpectedly plunged, now down 12.9% year-to-date.
If the economy were then in a dire state, equity and property prices would have plunged and the assets would not cover the liability.
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But along the way he also provides a good sketch of the similarities and differences among the region's diverse economies, focusing particularly on the events in Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia as their currencies plunged and the banking systems seized up.
Equity indexes in Asia and elsewhere plunged scarily at first, but the bulls soon took over.
Sales of medium and heavy trucks--Tata Motors' mainstay--and buses plunged 39% to 19, 095 vehicles.
Also, there was lots of volatility, as the crop report was bearish for corn and it plunged.
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So stocks in lenders like Acom and Aiful have plunged between 44% and 65% from their yearly highs.
The former U.S. Open champion missed his past four cuts and had plunged to No. 79 in the world ranking.
Solar panel makers have suffered huge losses over the past year after rapidly growing production capacity outstripped demand and prices plunged.
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