1.   And short-term loans can be withdrawn quickly in a crisis, which makes the lenders whole but tends to deepen the crisis.

2.   A devaluation of the yuan could lead to further devaluations in other regional currencies, extending and deepening the crisis.

3.   A series of suicide bombings by Islamic militant members of Hamas deepened the crisis.

4.   A spate of suicide bombings by the military wing of the Palestinian Hamas organization deepened the crisis.

5.   Deepening his crisis, Bradley offered only meek protests as Gore pounded him on the issue for days in television ads.

6.   The economy is in free fall, with months of rioting deepening a crisis that has brought inflation, food shortages, bankruptcies and paralysis to the banks.

7.   The effect of Helms-Burton will deepen the crisis, and whatever rapprochement there was between the U.S. and Cuba will be put on hold.

8.   The Rev. Benjamin Chavis deepened the crisis with his spendthrift style and his bid for an alliance with the black Muslim leader, Louis Farrakhan.

9.   The theft deepened a crisis in the Italian government, as opposition leaders accused it of incompetence.

10.   Awarding Brcko to the Muslim-Croat half could deepen the crisis in the Bosnian Serb Republic, where moderates and hard-liners currently are fighting for domination.