Arteries and veins grow knotted together until eventually some of them burst, causing a bleeding stroke.

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Then a property bubble burst, causing real estate prices to plunge 65%.

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The resulting easy money and record low interest rates continuing for years further pumped up the housing bubble, causing financial chaos when the bubble inevitably burst.

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That binge ended abruptly as the Japanese asset bubble burst in the late 1980s, causing most firms to shed their properties and retreat to Japan.

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Britain's deficit proved to be unsustainable, causing the economy to suffer a hard landing once the bubble burst.

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In the writ, issued to the High Court by Mr McNicholls' solicitor Alan Smith, it is claimed the engine of the Piper PA38 Tomahawk failed shortly after the plane took off from Barton Airfield in Salford, causing it to "stall, crash into houses on Newlands Avenue and burst into flames".

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