In March, the stock market bubble burst, sending the S.&P.
The decision was auspicious because the housing bubble later burst, sending furniture and flooring sales reeling further.
A final burst sent Mr. Diefenbach crashing off his rollers just as his red arrow passed the finish.
Mr. Makki nodded and said, "O.K.," as another burst sent a throng of hoots through the crowd.
Within months, the new-economy bubble burst, sending tech stocks into a bear market from which many investors have still not recovered.
During a cold spell in 2003, a pipe burst, sending a cascade of water throughout the house and causing considerable damage.
At its outset, the settlement was trumpeted as a way to hold banks accountable for foreclosure abuses and help homeowners harmed when the housing bubble burst, sending the housing market to its lowest level since the Great Depression.
But less than a year later, the dam holding back a lake of cyanide-laced water burst, sending 100,000 cubic meters of contaminated water downstream to the Danube, killing more than 1,200 tons of fish in Hungary.
Veszprém's industrial legacy put it at the centre of the news in October 2010, however, when a reservoir at an aluminum-manufacturing plant in Ajka burst, sending a torrent of hazardous chemical waste rushing through the countryside, taking the lives of four people, injuring dozens of others, and resulting in what Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called an "ecological tragedy".
After years of hype, the bubble burst, sending much of the competition scrambling.
