Word: crunchingly
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...sympathetic about the crunch that students feel," Bohlmann said...
...repeatedly threatening to invade Haiti in order to scare the Cedras clique into leaving. If the Carter mission could not talk them into decamping, he would really have to do it -- or send the world a message that threats from Washington can blithely be ignored because when the crunch comes, the U.S. will always shrink from using military force. The reason for toning down the credibility argument was all too clear: if Clinton has a problem, he brought it on himself...
...triumph of capitalism could lead to a global credit crunch...
...sure, many respected economists flatly deny that any capital crunch is looming. Robert Eisner of Northwestern University argues that economic growth around the world will raise people's incomes and thereby provide the savings to finance new investments without jacking up interest rates. "Greater output means greater income, and that means greater savings," he says...
...comes to the crunch, people will be understanding and compassionate. They will look for excuses: a troubled childhood, uncontrollable rage, the pressures of his high-powered winner's life. They will stress his remorse. They will point to his orphaned children. They will say the whole thing's a complex tragedy. They will argue for mercy. They will, in short, become liberals -- at least for this one case...