Word: 80s
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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COLOMBIA. The Cusiana field yielded nothing more than a pair of dry holes before the Triton Energy Corp. of Dallas staked a claim in the mid-'80s. Because Triton lacked the capital to explore the area, it sold an 80% share to British Petroleum, which took in France's Total as an equal partner. Today the consortium is part of a joint venture with the state oil company, Ecopetrol, which is developing an estimated 2 billion bbl. in Cusiana and the neighboring Cupiagua field. That could be just the beginning: the partners' plan to invest $6 billion over the next...
...Regular workouts may improve the quality of life of the very old, according to a study of men and women in their 80s and 90s. Leg exercises enabled some participants to put aside walkers and use canes...
White is the second episode in Kieslowski's Blue-White-Red trilogy analyzing liberty, equality and fraternity in modern Europe -- but never mind, the film works fine on its own. The director, who earned world-class status in the mid-'80s with The Decalogue (a 10-part Polish TV series of modern fables, each illustrating one of the Commandments), is in an impish mood here. He finds hairpin turns and deadpan delight in the sexual and political intrigue devised by screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz. And Zamachowski, who has some of Dustin Hoffman's molelike ingenuity, plays Karol Karol (Charlie Charlie...
...declining population is not necessarily a bad thing: West Germany's population dwindled throughout the 1970s and '80s, which was a period of unparalleled prosperity. But that decline was a result of smaller families and falling birthrates, not depression and early death. Eastern Europe's illness is as much of the spirit as of the body. Politicians, not doctors, must cure...
...percent, 12 points ahead of challenger John Ray and 22 points above Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly. While many black voters think Barry's trial made him a martyr to white racism, TIME senior correspondent Jack E. White says Kelly's recent municipal floundering has brought nostalgia for the '80s mayor: "The main thing is, he's remembered as a guy whom the city functioned better under for poor people. They want to go back to the good old days...