1.   Added to the holiday crunch is a wave of bad publicity for the national association.

2.   Postal managers are coordinating the response to the extra demand created by the UPS strike from this war room usually operated only during the holiday crunch.

3.   The annual holiday crunch has arrived, but this year stands out for the high hopes and even higher expectations placed on celebrating the season.

4.   -- Ease the stress on yourself and the airports by traveling at off-peak times, or even traveling a day before or after a big holiday crunch when possible.

5.   Liverpool, the only team to win four games in the eight-day holiday crunch, moved within a point of second place Manchester United.

6.   The airline said disruptions were continuing as the holiday crunch began.

7.   The incentive more than doubled the normal amount of donations during the holiday crunch, when the population swells but fewer people donate.