Word: crunch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...computer crunch hits hardest during the two weeks of Reading Period. "If you were smart, you could have gotten your project done before Christmas, but it doesn't always work that way," said Hunt...
Although many of the aquamen said they welcomed the break from studying. Coach Joe Bernal noted the problems in facing the EISL's weaker teams during January's academic crunch. "It's hard for them to keep the conditioning aspect the motivational aspect and their focus facing teams that may not make a demand on them like Dartmouth or Brown [the Crimson's next opponent...
Tramiel believes in depending on as few outside suppliers as possible. Commodore makes its own chips to avoid being caught in a supply or pricing crunch. A ferocious competitor, Tramiel once splashed full-page ads in major newspapers across the U.S. that proclaimed, COMMODORE ATE THE APPLE. For several years, to capture the important education market, he offered schools two PETs for the price...
Informed observers look for OPEC's jury-rigged price and production arrangement to survive the winter, when oil demand will be at a peak. The crunch is likely to come in the spring, when homes and workplaces turn down their thermostats as the heating season ends...
Brazil stumbled into its plight through the type of doomsday scenario that now haunts the world financial community. The crunch began in September, when small-and medium-size banks in the U.S. and elsewhere refused to increase their Latin American loans in the wake of Mexico's brush with bankruptcy. At the time, Brazil, like Mexico, was borrowing from well over 1,000 banks around the world. In Brazil's case, the length of the list was largely a vote of confidence in the nation's financial management, which was considered to be among the best...