crisis

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After those students had been born, the 2008-09 financial crisis hit and birthrates plummeted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Over the longer haul, some worry about current conditions sowing the seeds of another financial crisis like that of 2007-09.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Cipriani claimed that he provided Shell with “sophisticated, high-value crisis communications services,” according to his suit.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

The peaceful resolution to the crisis, which had brought the world close to nuclear conflict, was “the greatest defeat in our history,” LeMay added, according to historian Robert Dallek.

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2026

On the morning of January 27, 1965, a week after inauguration day, Johnson and his top foreign policy advisors met to discuss the crisis.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin