"It's not only about capital flight," said one banker, referring to the massive withdrawals.

The rationale is that countries should have enough reserves to resist a massive withdrawal of short term foreign capital.

Someone other than a widow or an orphan had made a massive withdrawal.

But he said, "If he started now to do what he should have done weeks ago, clearly that would make a difference, and I'm talking about a rapid, massive withdrawal from Kuwait."

The ensuing, massive withdrawal by the Hungarians ended in the 'conquest', or rather settlement, of what became the Hungarian's permanent homeland.

"We must not use corruption as an excuse for a massive withdrawal of our help," a senior French finance official involved in discussions with the bank said.

This works out at a massive withdrawal from the welfare state principle: a poverty trap indeed.

Thirdly, the media spread the news about a possible takeover of the DSB bank by DNB before the official report was published, this let to massive withdrawals by depositors.

While Quick is part of that Earth's "Ruling Elite", he is hopelessly addicted to "Speed Juice" and goes into massive physical withdrawal without it.

Depositors, knowing that they could earn higher rates from money-market mutual funds, began massive withdrawals of their money.