Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy in 1992, Maxtor's exit from the high capacity 5. 25-inch SCSI market temporarily left a product void in the industry.

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* Teetering on the Rim: Global Restructuring, Daily Life, and the Armed Retreat of the Bolivian State, Columbia University Press, 2000 ISBN 0-231-11805-8

Morgan filled the dipper from the water bucket on the shelf, went back into the front room, lifted the girl's head, and held the edge of the dipper to her mouth.

He came to the edge of the veranda, peered down at them with his hand on his gun.

With Rod on his way and Matilda visiting with Mrs. Jackson while they searched out familiar names on the face of the cliff, Harmony settled on the edge of the grub box, to ease the pressure of her swollen body on her bone-weary legs, and worried about all that might have happened to Sally.

While several yards from it, still concealed by the shrubbery, she'd seen two men on her left at the pool's edge.

She set the dipper on the edge of the deck, leaving it for him to stretch after it while she looked on scornfully.

Benson looked up and saw Ramey's long head tilt forward to rub his chin on the stiff edge of the overall bib.

She was sitting on the edge of the bed again, back in the same position where the snake had found her.

Families go out to the edge of the terraces to sit on carpets around a samovar.

Didi and Gogo hover on the edge of suicide ; ;

Cows were kept in backyard barns, boys were hired to drive them to and from the pasture on the edge of town, and familiar to the ear, morning and evening, were the boys' coaxing voices, the thud of hooves, and the thwack of a stick on cowhide.

The first series of Sherlock Holmes adventures ends with Holmes and Moriarty grappling together on the edge of a cliff.

Norton and I dined one night in a sea-food restaurant in Piraeus right on the water's edge.

It is a crucial session with the world on the edge of momentous developments.

He would sit, slim-waisted and spare, on the edge of Scotty's bed, his legs crossed so elaborately that the crossed foot could tap the floor.

At State College, he had no time to walk among the violets on the water's edge.

He recognized her because she was the one who, in a winter twilight, on the edge of camp, had once stopped him and reached down her hand to touch his fly.

He thought of Simms Purdew, who once had risen at the edge of a cornfield, a maniacal scream on his lips, and swung a clubbed musket like a flail to beat down the swirl of Rebel bayonets about him.

There were not many chairs, so that some preferred to sit on the edge of the porch, resting their feet on the ground, and others liked to sit where they could lean back against the wall.

Howard, who had been sitting against the wall, said he needed more fresh air, and took the spot on the edge of the porch where Bobby Joe had been sitting.

According to Nate Silver, the advent of this playoff series, and especially of the wild card, has caused teams to focus more on " getting to the playoffs " rather than " winning the pennant " as the primary goal of the regular season.

With the win against the Boston Red Sox on September 30 and the loss of the Los Angeles Angels to the Texas Rangers in the second game of a double header, the Orioles clinched the playoff berth.

Cleveland then won a playoff game 8-3 against the New York Giants on December 17 behind a pair of Groza field goals, turning the tables on a team that handed the Browns both of their regular-season losses.

Without a long reliever or emergency starter on the playoff roster, Hargrove started both Bartolo Colón and Charles Nagy in games four and five on only three days rest.

Despite being well out of playoff contention the Cubs went 24 – 13 under Quade, the best record in baseball during that 37 game stretch and was hired as manager on October 19.

The only loss during that streak was on September 28 to the Arizona Diamondbacks, a loss that clinched the Diamondbacks ' playoff spot.

Under coach Vince Lombardi the Packers dominated the 1960s, defeating the Cowboys in four regular-season meetings and two playoff games ; on January 1, 1967 the Packers held off a late Cowboys drive inside the ten yard line to win 34-27 on a game ending interception of a Meredith pass in the endzone.

In the 2008 U. S. Women's Chess Championship, she lost by one second on time controls in a playoff with IM and WGM Anna Zatonskih.

Manning's Colts defeated the Chargers in 1998 and 1999, but in 2004 with Leaf long gone from the game the revamped Chargers behind Drew Brees erupted into playoff contention ; on December 26 with both teams at 11-3 the Colts hosted the Chargers with Manning close to matching Dan Marino's touchdown record ; the Chargers stormed to a 31-16 lead, but Dominic Rhodes ' kickoff return put the Colts within eight points, then with one minute remaining Manning rifled a 21-yard touchdown to Brandon Stokley, breaking Marino's record ; the two-point try succeeded, then after Brees was intercepted the game went to overtime and the Colts won 34-31 on a field goal.

The Jaguars ended the season losing 28 – 3 to the two-time defending champion New England Patriots on January 7, 2006 in the AFC wild card playoff round.

Jacksonville looked like a team on the rise coming off of their 12 – 4 season, and was considered a playoff contender entering the season.

Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

In 2008, the Twins finished the regular season tied with the White Sox on top of the AL Central, forcing a one-game playoff in Chicago to determine the division champion.

The Brewers hosted their first playoff game in 26 years on Saturday, October 4, and won 4 – 1.

The Saints, under rookie head coach Sean Payton and new quarterback Drew Brees, defeated the Falcons 23-3, and would go on to notch the second playoff win in franchise history.

After the Philadelphia Eagles lost to the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas Day 2006, the Saints clinched a first-round playoff bye for the first time in franchise history.

The Jets were featured in the first NFL playoff game in the stadium's history, falling to the Patriots on December 28, 1985.

Ryan was fired on January 7, 1991 after an upset home playoff loss to the Redskins.

However, the Seahawks would go on to defeat the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints in the Wild Card round, becoming the first team ever to win a playoff game with a losing record.

Desperately needing a win against the Dodgers in the final game of the year to force a one-game playoff with the Braves in San Francisco, the controversial choice of Giants rookie pitcher Salomon Torres proved disastrous as he gave up three runs in the first four innings and the Giants went on to lose the game 12 – 1.