The flame went out.

My cell went off.

The next moment the light was extinguished, and this wild cannibal, tomahawk between his teeth, sprang into bed with me.

With this engine of growth turned off, it is hard to see how the American economy will not suffer from a slowdown.

In the early 1970 s, the flush of technological optimism was over, the Vietnam War was a disaster, societies were in turmoil, and economies were stagnating.

3. Regrettably, this hope was extinguished with the advent of an undeclared state of war and a grave humanitarian crisis following the presidential and parliamentary elections of 29 30 September 1992.