If the euro zone implodes, the fallout will settle most heavily on its own backyard.

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There will never, ever be a return to a gold standard, not even if the world implodes.

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He is the first on call when a country implodes to broker a peace deal -- Kenya (2007), Syria (2011), etc.

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Demand for VOD is growing even more quickly than analysts expected, as traditional broadcast audiences shrink and the market for traditional broadcast content implodes.

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Firms that lend out safe collateral will need to apply rigorous haircuts on the riskier collateral they accept to ensure they have ample security if a counterparty implodes.

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Whenever a superstar implodes like a supernova and is able to hold it together psychologically, refusing to act-out in self-serving ways, he sends an invaluable message to his teammates.

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When this sort of star implodes, to create a black hole, it generates jets of material that punch their way out of the collapsing mass at near light-speed, to produce extremely high-energy emissions of light.

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