It is difficult to tell whether the crisis will grow or recede, let alone to predict the Government's likely responses.

But as the water, if not the crisis, receded, he returned to his beat covering the city's legendary restaurant culture.

As the Asian crisis recedes, Mr. Gonzalez is finally seeing his business improve.

As the fiscal crisis receded, some contraints were loosened.

The sooner the educational establishment frees itself from union contracts and empty "standards" and concentrates on finding passionate, knowledgeable professionals, the sooner the crisis will recede.

But as the crisis receded today, many here said that United Nations commanders had misread the events on the mountains and the character of the Serbs.

As the crisis recedes, what will be the biggest effects?

Even if the current crisis recedes, the fact remains that austerity has replaced diplomacy as the primary function for many State Department officers, and the trend is likely to continue.

But the crisis receded and Khrushchev abandoned his plan to sign a separate treaty with East Germany.

To everyone's great relief, the crisis eventually receded.