Brimhall also presided over the University during a brief crisis involving the theory of evolution.

In 15 May 2007, after a brief crisis in his coalition, he was sworn in for his second term as prime minister.

When the Rowan, much refreshed, returned to the Tower, everyone was very careful not to think of the morning's brief crisis.

There was a brief crisis concerning the actress who was to play Lady Crymsyn.

Almost a century later, in 1984, there was a brief constitutional crisis.

The prominent feature of this level is an initial, brief and often intense crisis or series of crises.

Pain, a brief crisis, something against which to project memories of pleasure.

Too often, a brief intense crisis has been followed by the apparent return to normalcy.

A brief crisis came when Carla, who had tried to actually bake a souffle, yelped in the kitchen.

All of which leads, of course, to a brief crisis, but not enough to interfere with the basic business at hand.