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Word: awacs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1978-1978
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...nation's balance of payments deficit exceeds $5.5 billion. To pay for an across-the-board wage increase for at least 1 million workers, and for subsidized housing and other social projects, the Shah has canceled $7 billion worth of American and European military orders, including the controversial U.S. AWAC airborne warning system. He is also scrapping plans to build 20 nuclear plants, a modern railroad and a subway system for Tehran...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: Survival | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

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