Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drying up of world markets can be traced to many causes. The recession of the early '80s, which is now only a memory in the U.S. but has ebbed much more slowly in the rest of the world, was one factor. The pileup of debt in poor countries during the 1970s, and the difficulties they have had in repaying it during the '80s, has crimped their ability to buy American-grown food. The remarkable strength of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies is perhaps the biggest cause of all; it forces overseas buyers to pay out more francs, pounds...
...been a tireless booster, visiting 39 of the 60 countries served by the Peace Corps and winning valuable publicity for the agency. "We are career ambassadors around the world," says Ruppe. "We have come a long way from the days when we were called Kennedy's kids. In the '80s we have grown and matured...
...another planet, goes one section) and an imaginative use of technology: with a device called a Vocoder, she can speak and sing in chords. Anderson's unsettling imagery and aggressively minimalist music hardly make for relaxing listening, but United States is a landmark in the art of the '80s, a guided tour through a post-punk apocalypse led by an innocent at home whose sense of the ironic is the only sure road...
...about 1 million American women each year. Chlamydia, like herpes, is rapidly becoming the bane of the middle class; up to 10% of all college students are afflicted with it. Says Dr. Mary Guinan of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta: "Chlamydia is the disease of the '80s...
...that ended as the '80s began. The 1981-82 recession hit farmers along with virtually everyone else. Their exports were then hurt by the strong dollar and stiff competition from growers in such places as Canada, Europe and Argentina. By 1983 U.S. agricultural sales abroad had tumbled, and land values, which serve as collateral for loans, were dropping fast. The price of Midwestern acreage fell 15% last year and is expected to decline an additional 8% this year. Notes George Irwin, chief economist for the Farm Credit Administration: "The security supporting farmers' loans is disappearing at the same time...