The explanation lies in a change in the American bankruptcy law in October 2005, which made going bust less attractive for borrowers.
Push-up bras made with too much fabric do not look as natural and may overwhelm your bust instead of creating attractive cleavage.
This was in 1995, remember, and the big news in town was the prostitution bust of Heidi Fleiss, the attractive young "Hollywood Madam" whose father, an obstetrician, had been accused of laundering her profits.
But as more economic activity moves online, the notion of using bits and bytes to measure booms and busts will surely become more attractive.
Different fabrics, trims and colours, different ways of enhancing a woman's bust or making her bottom look attractive".
The £8.4bn pension deficit was also taken on by the government to avoid Royal Mail going bust and make any sale more attractive to potential investors.
In the art market boom before the bust hundreds of art funds sprouted, promising attractive returns.
The idea of busting a global warming myth carries the attractive illusion of heroic, outsider genius.
Hedge funds, which have suffered the same liquidity issues as other financial firms, have not really been at the table since Lehman went bust, Davidson added, but as prices become more attractive they are becoming more aggressive again.
Mr. Medvedev said Russia would cut capital gains taxes, reform white-collar criminal law and privatize state enterprises, all to make the country more attractive to investors in sectors other than the boom-and-bust oil and mining industries.
The price spike had other consequences, too; some have suggested that it magnified the housing bust by making long commutes to the overpriced exurbs less attractive.
