Vivendi Universal may be falling apart, but Mr Parsons believes that AOL Time Warner will continue to expand.

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What is the passion that will help you keep going when everything around you appears to be falling apart?

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The world economy only appears to be falling apart.

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In practice, the pro-Israeli South Lebanon Army militia appears to be falling apart, but the secretary-general warns Israel that the militia must be disbanded, its heavy weapons removed and its prisoners released.

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But anybody who thinks that Mr Bush's administration is falling apart will be disappointed.

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She said the next pope needed to be "squeaky clean" because the church was falling apart.

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You always tip your cap to the team that beats you because as you're falling apart the other team has to be opportunistic and capitalize.

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More than any other popular singer, Jones had the ability to sink so far into a song that it never seemed to be a performance at all, just the sound of a man falling apart in front of you.

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