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Predictably, Willes was nicknamed "Cereal Killer" and "Cap'n Crunch."
USAT 's "Money" section front points to a Y2K-related panic point few have discussed before now: a possible year-end-driven gas crunch that could, in the paper's words, "make lines at ATM machines and supermarket checkouts seem tame by comparison."
A front-page NYT effort illustrates the military's current personnel crunch via the situation aboard the Navy's newest ship, the $4.
It is largely perceived by the papers as a sign of distress in the Gore campaign, which the NYT calls "lagging" and the Post calls "troubled"--references to a fund crunch and Bill Bradley's much improved polls.
It really will be crunch time.