Word: crunchings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...This game is a step in the right direction," Leake said. "We got the job done in crunch time...
...suddenly, with a shifting of economic winds, contraction is the order of the day. As state, federal and private sources of funds dry up and bills from the fast-spending '80s come due, even the most elite colleges find themselves facing a financial crunch that promises to reshape the contours of higher education. "Now they have to pay for their prosperity," says Robert Rosenzweig, president of the Association of American Universities in Washington. "It is the morning after...
Unfortunately for defense firms, the budget crunch is accompanied by a projected drop in foreign sales, traditionally a vital source of business. While prospective foreign buyers may have salivated over the performance of U.S. high-tech weapons in the gulf war, the Bush Administration has been urging arms control in hot spots like the Middle East. "The world is becoming a friendlier place," says Philip Friedman, an analyst for Morgan Stanley. America's struggling masters of war must thus adjust their sights both at home and abroad...
Feeling the crunch of depreciating investments and falling government funding, many schools are resorting to cost-cutting measures that range from minor--delaying maintenance and canceling book purchases--to drastic--eliminating faculty positions and even entire departments...
Stanford, too, is feeling the crunch of the recession. The Palo Alto, Calif. school has a budget deficit of approximately $50 million...