Latterly its reputation has improved, although its decision to drop the Saudi Arabian aspect of a corruption case against BAE Systems saw it widely criticised, because it was seen to be buckling under pressure from the then government of Tony Blair.

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Further complicating our typing woes was the phone's 220MHz OMAP1710 processor, which did a good job of buckling under the pressure at inopportune moments.

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Labour's health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the NHS was "buckling" under the pressure and she was not surprised dissatisfaction was on the rise.

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In recent weeks, the floors in that part of the mine had been "heaving, " or buckling up, from intense pressure, said the source, who has intimate knowledge of the conditions in the mine.

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And more upheavals in the media industry look probable, now that creditors are piling the pressure on Leo Kirch, a Bavarian media baron whose empire is buckling under huge debts.

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