11.   Educators say the political crisis makes for a grand civics lesson, one diced with sex, lies and intrigue.

12.   For Markkula the crisis made it impossible to leave until after Amelio was dismissed and Jobs could be persuaded to rejoin the board in August.

13.   Fortunately for the poor nations, the debt crisis has made unexpected allies.

14.   Her recent health crisis made headlines around the world, and two new biographies have just been published amid a storm of publicity.

15.   If the post-electoral crisis makes it difficult for the next occupant of the White House to achieve much, that might just be what the voters want.

16.   Japanese politicians, much like their American counterparts, have often avoided painful change until a crisis makes it impossible to avoid.

17.   The Asian crisis has made investors wary about committing money to other emerging markets.

18.   The crisis has made a cynical public even more distrustful of the government and its seemingly endless promises of economic reform.

19.   The crisis in effect made exporters of the most timid of Mexican manufacturers.

20.   The economic crisis has not made regions historically wary of foreigners any friendlier, but it has made fence sitters like the city of St. Petersburg more flexible.