Word: crunchingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...generation of younger academics, already caught in the demographic crunch which has left too few college students and too many Ph.D.s, would find their job prospects during the coming decade reduced to practically zero. Minorities and women, who currently make up a minute percentage of all tenured professors, would continue to find their rise through the ranks of academia effectively blocked...
...crunch of mortars was replaced by Arabic song, played loudly on transistor radios. Men cleaned weapons and hummed along with the music. Open fires crackled and hot meals were available...
Collier said yesterday the study shows that if Congress implements the retirement law within the next several years, the "first line impact"--the period during which practically no faculty members currently nearing 65 years of age will retire--will occur when current projections show the academic job crunch will be worst...
...What's so important? His social life?" Nader asked. "We are in the middle of a legislative crunch. The weekend is when you beat these guys--when the business lobby is out on the golf links...
Most Jewish leaders, however, sought to turn Jimmy Carter around-not Begin. Meeting with 53 Jewish leaders at the White House on July 6, Carter failed to convince his visitors that Israel could count on his complete support in a crunch. That made Begin look still better to many U.S. Jews. Says Robert Cohn: "He's provided the kind of firmness Israel needed when the Administration was putting pressure...