Yet that era, which began with the collapse of the Soviet Union, ended suddenly last year.

然而，那个始于苏联崩溃后的时代，去年突然结束了。

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Scientists once imagined galaxies forming by a sort of monolithic collapse, in which a giant cloud of gas suddenly fell inward.

科学家们曾经想象星系是由某种整体的崩塌形成的，在这个过程中，极大量的气体云突然向内收缩。

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Accountants became suddenly intriguing in 2002 with the spectacular collapse of Arthur Andersen, because of its involvement in the scandals surrounding the fall of Enron.

2002年，由于卷入安然财务丑闻，安达信会计事务所也随之分崩离析，会计师突然受到大众的关注。

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The group now calls for hands-only CPR for adults who suddenly collapse.

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But the book was less an offering of easily-digested novelties, than a mathematical treatise dealing with the seven ways in which things are likely to collapse suddenly.

ECONOMIST: Ren�� Thom

Police told local media that the rear of the building had suddenly started to collapse on Wednesday morning, and within a short time the whole structure - except the main pillar and parts of the front wall - had caved-in, triggering panic.

BBC: Bangladesh Dhaka building collapse leaves 87 dead

Then, in July 1997, the Asian Crisis hit, and everyone looked on in horror as hot money from global hedge funds, fueled by the steroid of high leverage, brought the economies of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia to their knees, first creating asset bubbles when it flowed in, and then causing the local currencies to collapse when it was suddenly withdrawn.

FORBES: A Convertible Redback