-
The Olympic torch did not burn properly during the opening ceremony, an ice-making machine broke down as did several buses, and unseasonably mild weather caused events to be postponed.
ECONOMIST: Sporting success and brash patriotism
-
But when a crucial printing machine broke down recently, he told me he faced a mountain of red tape and delays just to buy in the necessary spare part.
BBC: IMF data deadline looms for Argentina's fragile economy
-
Big Machine Label Group, who broke the career of country artist Taylor Swift, and is now home to other mega-stars such as Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts, Martina McBride, Jewel, and Reba McEntire, struck a landmark deal earlier this month with Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the largest radio company in the United States.
FORBES: Look Before You Leap: Is Big Machine's New Deal with Clear Channel a Good Long Term Strategy?
-
Officers armed with machine-guns and wearing balaclavas broke down a heavy wooden front gate and abseiled from a helicopter to gain entry to the property, media reports say.
BBC: German police target Hells Angels in large-scale raids
-
Bletchley Park was the wartime home of the Government Code and Cypher School which broke the codes generated by the German Enigma machine, using the Bombe.
BBC: Bletchley Park Enigma code hut to be restored
-
This machine, not the usual brand because of Olympic contractual reasons, broke down and spilled a load of water.
BBC: As it happened - Winter Olympics day four
-
At 00:50 BST on Wednesday a group of people wearing masks broke into Chestnut Medical Centre on Chestnut Street, damaging the centre and stealing a cash machine and cash from a till.
BBC: Disorder in West Yorkshire: six people arrested