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  • From 'Mortgage Crisis' to 'Economic Meltdown' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'From \'Mortgage Crisis\' to \'Economic Meltdown\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The current economic chaos is a portrait of what unfettered capitalism looks like.'

    From 'Mortgage Crisis' to 'Economic Meltdown' 2008

  • VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Foundations of Crisis'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'In the historical context, 9/11 will be viewed as the opening kick-off for the coming Crisis… and the messianic overreaction of Bush and his cronies as the catalyst for turning things from bad to worse.

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: Foundations of Crisis 2005

  • Denton's book, Evolution a Theory in Crisis, is considered to be one of the seminal works that sparked the modern ID movement.

    David Anderson on Creation and Evolution 2009

  • I grumbled at length about the tedious nanny obesity campaign Change4Life on my on blog yesterday with the title Crisis?

    Time4Change Shades 2009

  • Crisis comes from the Greek word “crisis” which means “choices”.

    More than a tragedy — a scandal « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Crisis comes from the Greek word “crisis” which means “choices”.

    More than a tragedy — a scandal « BuzzMachine 2005

  • Within EU countries the term Crisis Management emphasises the political and security dimension rather than measures to satisfy the immediate needs of the civilian population. [citation needed] An academic trend is towards using the term disaster risk reduction, particularly for emergency management in a development management context.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2009

  • Their weapon is a poinyard, which they call Crisis: it is made with hilts, and the handle is a Deuil cut out of wood or bone: the sheathes are of wood: with them they are very bolde, and it is accounted for a great shame with them if they haue not such a

    The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003

  • Go to the haunts of amusement; to the evening fire side of affluence what so gay so happy as civilized society? return to the streets of London what so wretched! the Crisis is approaching, & tho

    Letter 247 1797

  • So when fans see the title Crisis on Two Earths, there’s a reasonable expectation that the story will be epic and world-changing.

    Justice League Review | CurveHouse.com 2010

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