We borrowed to fund two wars, then borrowed even more to avert a financial collapse.

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And we knew that the collapse of the American auto industry would lead to an even deeper disaster for our economy.

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During the year, we saw some of the main pillars of 20th century management starting to crumble and even collapse.

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And that was the right thing to do, because had we seen a financial collapse then the damage to the American economy would have been even worse.

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In a similar sense, when we do cellular research for even -- like for cancer research, for instance, on Earth the cells actually collapse under their own weight and so their growth on Earth are a little bit distorted.

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