Finally the crisis in the Ambonese communities exploded in a decade of violence against internal rivals and Dutch society.

However, in 1985 the crisis exploded and in the previous years, political pressure had already been put on the nationalized company with regard to job security.

The country's worst economic crisis exploded into violence this week when thousands of slum dwellers, hit by soaring inflation, food shortages and mounting unemployment, went on a looting rampage.

The crisis exploded in December 2001.

Otherwise, crises will explode and devour Mr. Clinton's time and political capital.

The long-standing crisis of Stephan's power will explode when Peter brings oil, better raw material than peat from his last expedition...

The current judicial crisis exploded Aug. 16, when one Bogota magistrate, Carlos Valencia Garcia, was shot and killed.

Unless the lessons of that history are fully grasped, the rot will persist and another crisis will explode.

What really worried the officials was the prospect that a humanitarian crisis would explode before the political turmoil could be resolved.

There was always a risk that an intense crisis could inadvertently explode into nuclear war as each side, fearing the other might shoot first, tried to shoot sooner.