"Our concern is that Lake George has reached a crisis stage," she said.

But perhaps the matter had done some good, causing the administration to moderate its positions in subsequent years before things reached the crisis stage.

It doesn't necessarily signal a crisis stage, it just says we lost two games.

We were at a crisis stage and it had to be done.

Most male coaches never reach this crisis stage, and a few idealists still maintain there is not much to worry about.

By now, the tangle of cables is reaching the crisis stage around here, up to 37 in one room.

The conflict, simmering for more than a year, has reached a crisis stage on the eve of the bank's annual meeting.

In the last year, the situation has reached a crisis stage, Dr. Watson he said.

And developments here have now reached die crisis stage.

Events reach crisis stage after Cher fails her driver's test and can't "renegotiate" the result.