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Word: bankrupter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...asked for more investment to help pull a bankrupt Polish economy from "the verge of utter catastrophe" and said such assistance in peacetime is "better than tanks, warships and warplanes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Walesa Makes Historic Speech to Congress | 11/16/1989 | See Source »

...press the commission to adopt a new system to take account of activities that harm the environment and thus to encourage policies that will save it. The opportunity will not arise again until the year 2010. By then, according to nature's own accounting, mankind may be environmentally bankrupt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greening of Geopolitics | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...want to make sure senior year is a positive experience for everyone," said Ray. "The most important thing is to make sure all activities are affordable for all seniors and their families," Ray said. "Senior week should not bankrupt anyone...

Author: By Ryan Schneider, | Title: Senior Class Marshals Elected | 10/18/1989 | See Source »

Braniff's bullish executives had hoped to find a niche for the midsize airline by developing a hub at the Kansas City airport, an opening that was created by a retrenchment at bankrupt Eastern Airlines. But Braniff's business failed to grow fast enough to support its debt payments. When a recent bridge financing deal for $75 million fell through, Braniff was strapped for cash. The bankrupt airline, which has laid off 2,800 of its 4,800 employees, hopes to rebuild slowly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIRLINES Round Trip To Bankruptcy | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

Hanoi will have to try to revive its bankrupt economy with little help from the outside world. The Vietnamese dream is for another Asian miracle, patterned on what its newly industrialized neighbors have achieved. Reformers have laid ambitious plans for restructuring the economy on free-market principles. "We think of ourselves as South Korea 25 years ago," says Nguyen Xuan Oanh, a senior adviser to the Vietnamese government. "The only stumbling block is how soon will the U.S. give us the green light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southeast Asia Will It Ever End? | 10/9/1989 | See Source »

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