When the rival bankers huddle together in the face of financial meltdown, they're filmed in the same way as Mafia bosses in gangster movies.
With Democrats now in control of the Senate, he added, the Bush administration is "staring in the face of a meltdown".
The idea that one man could make such a big difference in the face of worldwide meltdown, at least in the traditional action-hero sense, is laughable to anyone who has read it.
But for a president who has prided himself on his forward-looking philosophy, on his embrace of the new, on his youthful vitality and on his ability to project an air of reassuring cool in the face of economic meltdown, those sad-sack, grandpa jeans were off message.
The region may not face the sort of meltdown experienced at the end of the 1990s.
Many companies face the risk of meltdown when they grow at double-digit rates for years.
Harlequins, one of the most eminent clubs in the sport, are facing the prospect of meltdown after it emerged that Tom Williams, a winger at the club, used a fake blood capsule during a Heineken Cup quarter-final against Leinster, in a bid to permit a substitution that otherwise would not have happened.
Obama's coolness in the face of the financial meltdown and McCain's erratic reaction likely sealed the election, eroding remaining doubts about Obama's relative ability to handle a crisis.
In the face of Enron's meltdown and tragic consequences, our staff currently is conducting an enforcement investigation to find out if there have been violations of the federal securities laws, and by whom.
Fun to watch them doing yoga-breathing in the face of an IT meltdown, before letting loose a volley of words which, although I am no expert, don't sound like Sanskrit.
