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• n  loss of emotional control often resulting in emotional collapse
• n  rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral

• The crisis claimed Lehman Brothers, the 158-year old, fourth-largest investment bank, which filed for bankruptcy on Monday, sending financial markets into a tailspin.
• Saddled with the assets on their balance sheets, the banks sharply curtailed lending, threatening to throw the economy into a tailspin.
• And a few actions on our part could make the difference between a healthy planet and one that falls into an environmental tailspin.

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News & Articles

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• News Summary: S&P can't excite, leaker can
  News Summary: S&P can't excite, leaker can Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 1:54 pm, Monday, June 10, 2013 The Standard & Poor's ratings agency, which sent the stock market into a tailspin in August 2011 when it cut its credit rating on the U.S. government's long-term ...
  June 13, 2013 - seattlepi.com
• Ranking the 5 Biggest Draft Busts in Montreal Canadiens History
  Officially becoming the NHL Entry Draft in 1979, the event has become famous for launching careers. But it also can send them into a tailspin of failed expectations, and that’s in regard to players and the scouts that recommend them alike. The Montreal Canadiens have suffered their fair share setbacks, unfortunately. However, one must be clear that disappointment does not necessarily equal bust ...
  June 11, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Party in the Poconos 400: Tony Stewart continues turnaround
  Three weeks ago Tony Stewart was in a tailspin as he was fully immersed in the worst start to a season in his NASCAR career. But three consecutive top 10s later highlighted by a win last weekend at Dover and a fourth-place finish Sunday at Pocono International Raceway has jumped Stewart eight spots in the standings. The dramatic change in fortunes left Stewart quite pleased following the Party ...
  June 9, 2013 - SB Nation

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in ABC News
  We are not going to get relief by turning back to the very same policies that for the last eight years doubled the national debt and threw our economy into a tailspin,Obama said - an implicit criticism of the GOP that was in power during that...
• Maurice Cheeks in SI.com
  When you go into tailspin, you find positive things to work with,Cheeks said.
• Mike Woodson in Sports Network
  Our guys know we can play with Boston or anyone else,said Hawks coach Mike Woodson. "We have been playing some good basketball lately. I hope this does not put us in a tailspin, but I would put my money on my team."