He missed the market top, too, going to cash in 1928 when he smelled impending disaster.

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Perhaps Britain at last has a stronger currency that is a sign of economic health, not impending disaster.

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It is this unlikely combination of impending disaster and artistry that makes the aptly named Devotion Implosion so appealing and intriguing.

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Sometimes it was dark humor, even gallows humor in the face of impending disaster, but the laughter was always close to the surface, ready to explode at any moment.

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It's all a far cry from the gloomy pre-Games predictions: Transport chaos, ticketing debacles, security shambles -- and fears of impending sporting disaster.

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The Federal Reserve has now admitted that five years ago, just days before the start of the financial meltdown, Mr. Bernanke and others at the Fed did not have a clue as to the impending financial disaster.

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