81.   Yet one of the hallmarks of a banking crisis is that long-held truths no longer apply.

82.   Otherwise it may have to cope with a bigger banking crisis with much larger costs.

83.   A deepening banking crisis, for instance, could suffocate Asian economies which rely heavily on Japan.

84.   A gigantic pool of money is needed if the region is to weather the banking crisis.

85.   Add to this a looming banking crisis .

86.   Around the world, financial markets are watching to see how Tokyo will clean up its banking crisis.

87.   At the same time, similar to the banking crises in Japan and the United States, the bankers themselves are under fire for failing to police themselves.

88.   Even so, it is being seen as a test of how the government will handle the banking crisis.

89.   Fuad defended the capital injection, saying it was still much smaller than in many other countries facing similar banking crises.

90.   Greenspan, in what many see as his finest hour, immediately assembles a crisis management team that keeps the market turmoil from spiraling into a banking crisis.