Frankly the lack of a serious commitment to exploring the catastrophic drop in commodity prices which fuelled so much of the 'junk money' boom is a weakness.

"Its effect would be to cause a sudden and catastrophic drop of IQ on every planet within reach."

Of course, if there were a catastrophic drop where our assets were halved, our appropriations would be halved.

Statistics are cited to prove the depth of popular misery: falling real wages, rising unemployment, a catastrophic drop in production, a general collapse of living standards.

I have full confidence that, pending any catastrophic drops or possibly being run over by a car, this thing will easily last for another 10 years.

Lee improved the teams results, avoiding a catastrophic drop to the basement division by a considerable margin.

So a catastrophic drop to 5 per cent of its pre-deluge invertebrate quantities still provided them with three square meals a day.

Despite the expectations, collectivization led to a catastrophic drop in farm productivity, which did not return to the levels achieved under the NEP level until 1940.

Victims suffer high fevers, diarrhea, vomiting and often severe internal bleeding that can lead to a catastrophic drop in blood pressure.

In 1948, the OFAR budget was slashed from $728,000 to $503,000, a catastrophic drop.