Word: crunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Treasury Secretary Donald Regan, a 34-member delegation journeyed to Peking in hopes of boosting commerce with the world's most populous country. Said William Clarke, the Peking-based representative of the privately run National Council for U.S.-China Trade: "The mood is good. This should be the crunch year in China trade...
Enrollment at the Divinity School has shot up about 40 percent since 1979, helping ease the budget crunch by bringing in more tuition money. But Rupp and other officials say they are sensitive to the fact that the 168-year-old school--the oldest grad school at Harvard--must hustle to keep enrollment rising...
...Chairman Volcker and several other board members have signaled their determination not to give up the progress that has been made against rising prices. Says one governor: "The Fed is going to stick it out." But another governor thinks that the board would have to back down in a crunch. Says he: "If a crisis develops that would cause a serious downturn in the economy, we should do what is necessary to remedy this. But you have to realize that the cost of such action can be renewed inflation." A jump in food costs brought on by bad weather caused...
...crunch and the cruise
...major facet of the masters' proposed changes was a new building expected to accomodate 85 to 100 students, which would alleviate a housing crunch in some present rooms and allow North to bring its size up to the level of other Houses...