The injury is a bit more common in open-wheel racing, which has had three incidents of drivers breaking their backs since 2009.

NPR: Hamlin Has Compression Fracture In Lower Back

In some countries, for example the Philippines and the United States, embalming ahead of open-casket funerals is now quite common.

CNN: What's behind the display of embalmed world leaders?

The form of glaucoma, known as open-angle, is the most common form of the disease, and involves mounting pressure on the optic nerve.

WSJ: New Drug Approved to Treat Eye Condition

This open-ended or unlimited fee structure is common among broker-consultants at the large wirehouses who tend to prey upon smaller funds.

FORBES: Compelling Pension Consultant Disclosure (June 1, 2002 )

We lose the opportunity to explore what we have in common in favor of the righteousness of our own presumably open-minded point of view.

FORBES: Win By Letting Your Enemy Win

The original argument for the Obama presidency was that this was a new, open-minded and liberal man intent on elevating the common good.

WSJ: Henninger: Obama's Thunderdome Strategy

Its expansion from 15 members to 25 should create pressure for making the EU what it always should have been--a vast free-trade area with open borders and, for most members, a common currency.

FORBES: The Wilsonian UN--R.I.P