| We who are attuned to the cycles of Nature and the rhythms of the Earth often feel overwhelmed by the escalating environmental crises. |
| Although tied to the same markets and products, their ability to cooperate was severely tested by crises that revealed different interests. |
| This may be one of the reasons why the Japanese labour market was so relatively unaffected by the oil crises. |
| They reduce the frequency and intensity with which the authorities must intervene as lenders of last resort to avert systemic crises. |
| Various international crises have occurred in which there has been the risk of nuclear war. |
| But in Ireland coalition crises come and go, and the electorate proves to have a short memory. |
