1.   And they have made Bush, who once famously failed a pop quiz on world leaders, commander-in-chief at a time of unprecedented national crisis.

2.   But all over the formerly Communist region, financially strapped governments have neglected health care and now face what experts are calling an unprecedented crisis.

3.   But now his words seem prophetic, as Bush is hurled into his role of being commander-in-chief at a time of unprecedented national crisis.

4.   Hong Kong faces an unprecedented crisis in keeping its currency pegged to the dollar after a shift toward freely floating exchange rates across Southeast Asia.

5.   Let us also give thanks for our leaders at every level who have planned and coordinated the myriad of responses needed to address this unprecedented national crisis.

6.   Now they have three days to confront a crisis unprecedented in the history of the American Catholic Church.

7.   Schroders joins many other companies that have been cutting staff and postponing expansion plans amid an unprecedented regional financial crisis in Asia.

8.   The games can wait because we are involved in an unprecedented national crisis.

9.   As the U.S. government feels its way through an unprecedented crisis, it may be setting off needless alarms here and spreading a false sense of security there.

10.   Bulgaria enacted a currency board two years ago in a key step to halt an unprecedented economic crisis which stemmed from excessive lending to insolvent companies and banks.