Despite these measures, by March 1842 it had become clear that the federal government was still in dire fiscal straits.

Indeed, having published the 1992 issue entirely in red ink to dramatize the fiscal straits of the states, he put out an all-green-ink issue this summer.

But there is talk of delaying the program because of the state's fiscal straits.

Though California is in fiscal straits, voters have set aside money in bond measures for conservation purchases.

Yonkers's fiscal straits are not about to get drastically better.

Second, provide aid to the states, which are in increasingly desperate fiscal straits.

This was done because of the dire fiscal straits of the state at the time of a national recession.

Given the union's realization of the city's fiscal straits, it had long seemed unlikely that its members would strike.

Analysts for rating agencies spoke bluntly about Nassau's fiscal straits.

Many officials argue that such deals are justified by New York's fiscal straits.