11.   Already there are the makings ofa constitutional crisis.

12.   PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin yesterday seized control of the Russian media to stop it falling under the control of hardliners opposed to him as the constitutional crisis deepened.

13.   America courted constitutional crisis on Thursday as the White House combatants heated up the rhetoric in a high-stakes election overtime.

14.   Another proclaimed we were in the midst of a constitutional crisis.

15.   As the constitutional crisis deepens, leaders of other Latin American countries have also begun to express concerns.

16.   At Southern Methodist University, political scientist Cal Jillson sees no constitutional crisis, but he sees a cast of characters who could produce one.

17.   Be reminded that these standoffs came to constitutional crises.

18.   A great American constitutional crisis enveloping the presidency is rare and grows slowly from the accumulation of small but persistent doubts.

19.   But gold prices had been heading south for months until the heavy breath of sexual scandal and potential constitutional crisis enveloped the White House over the Monica Lewinsky affair.

20.   But he has not yet reconciled himself to the strong possibility that the House next week will impeach him and plunge the country into a period of constitutional crisis.