In the Netherlands, the ruling coalition has been brought to the edge of collapse over the choices.

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Was he feeling nationalistic, hoping to demonstrate his ongoing faith in a Canadian tech company teetering on the edge of collapse?

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How many times have we bailed out the auto industry and the banking industry because they run themselves so far to the edge they collapse.

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Last month, the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, warned Europe that his country was on the edge of a Weimar Germany-style social collapse.

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