Word: backlog
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...going to need massive injections of investment because of the problems that apartheid has created. I mean the backlog in education, in housing and so forth, and we do want to get money into the economy. So please don't let all your funds go to Eastern Europe...
Kavanaugh said the Boston agent has contacted the New York FBI office, asking them to find and interview the caller. But because of a backlog of cases and the low priority accorded to phone harassment, the bureau has yet to take any action...
...West: Wild. From the supercharged Pacific Northwest to struggling Arizona, no region claims a wider range of strengths and weaknesses. Paced by high-flying Boeing, which is working off a four-year backlog of aircraft orders, Seattle is attracting newcomers from across the country. The median price of a Seattle home rose 23% in the third quarter to $110,000, marking the largest increase in the U.S. By contrast, Phoenix is mired in a real estate depression in the wake of a heedless building spree. Lenders foreclosed on more than 15,000 residential mortgages last year, up nearly 20% from...
Seamy deals have contributed to a New Year's backlog of congressional ethics investigations. -- The medfly is bugging Californians again...