It was a natural disaster that underlay that episode - but the administration's endless war on terror means ongoing scope for what are in effect privately contracted armies to take on crisis and emergency management at home in US cities. Thugs in America?
Dams have taken on the identity of plaque in arteries, unhealthy intrusions into the water circulatory system that can take on crisis proportion, even deadly consequences.
In taking on crisis-ridden Toryism, Labour should look to Barack Obama's "expand the electorate" strategy in 2008 – that is, re-engaging voters who have otherwise dropped out of the political process altogether.
California's energy problems took on crisis proportions only when San Diego Gas and Electric, having sold all its power plants, was freed to pass along its wholesale costs to customers last summer, driving bills up 300percentt during air-conditioning season.
Twenty years ago, the situation in Colombia took on crisis proportions when President Virgilio Barco's government determined to retake control of parts of the country from Pablo Escobar and his ilk.
The McCarrick scandal took on crisis proportions two weeks ago after the Vatican's former U.S. ambassador, Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, accused two dozen Vatican and U.S. cardinals and bishops by name of covering up for McCarrick.
Central bank officials declined to comment in detail for this article, but they said that the Central Bank of Cyprus had taken the lead on crisis measures.
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Pollsters went to African American and Latino voters to get their take on the crisis.
(In fact, the footnotes can be read on their own for a lively, critical, literature review of mainstream economists' take on the crisis.
And we're understanding that taking on a crisis like this requires a new way of operating.
