In the song "Haiti," he builds to a full-blown obsession with the crisis afflicting that island.

These problems have come home to roost in twin crises afflicting the federal finances and the Milan stock exchange, Italy's principal stock market.

But because of the fiscal crisis afflicting city and state governments, many in Congress proposed temporarily waiving the matching shares.

To appreciate the economic and political crisis afflicting Brazil, recall recent history, and the folly of compromising on democracy.

But more fundamentally, the chaos occurred because of an underlying crisis afflicting the economies of Europe.

It would be naïve to ignore the role of EU regulation in the current crisis afflicting the car industry.

Commissioner, you are well acquainted with the crisis afflicting this sector, whose fleet is in some cases confined to port for up to ten months a year.

Mr President, Mrs Péry's report analyses the different factors in the long-term crisis afflicting the Community fishing industry.

The Federal Government and other experts say that the worst of the economic crisis afflicting American agriculture since the start of the decade has passed.

The financial crisis afflicting the electricity and natural gas industry deepened yesterday as investors were unnerved by a credit downgrade on Dynegy, a leading power trader.