Word: belt
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...While executions are being abolished in most parts of the planet--exceptions include Iran, Iraq, China, Yemen and some former Soviet states--Americans seem to want more of them, with fewer appeals and delays. Thanks to Congress and the courts, they're getting their wish--especially in the "Death Belt" states of Texas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas and Alabama, which together account for 78% of the executions America has seen since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty...
...target to satisfy the Maastricht criteria, including the key requirement that budget deficits not exceed 3% of the gross domestic product by the end of this year. That accomplishment would be due to the spadework of Chirac and Juppe, who have already done much of the hard work of belt tightening, downsizing and preparing to privatize unprofitable state industries. But their efforts to tackle more structural reforms like deregulation, labor- market flexibility and trimming back the welfare state have met with stubborn public resistance...
They will be difficult to replace, but a strong contingent of sophomore arms has another year of experience under its belt...
With the Ivy League Player of the Year returning, a full arsenal of young guns and a year of playoff experience under its belt, Harvard is indubitably the team to beat in 1998.CrimsonAshley S. MarynickSophomore PHOTO WOODFORK vs. Cornell, April...
...decades, scientists have recognized a distinctive belt of eight Southern states where the incidence of stroke is significantly higher than the national average. But a recent study revealed that in one portion of that region, in an area that parallels the Atlantic seaboard, strokes are even more prevalent. Dubbed the Buckle (of the Stroke Belt, that is), these 153 counties in Georgia and the Carolinas have lower average incomes than the rest of the Belt. Scientists thought there must be a relationship between poverty and stroke mortality, but the study shows that only 5% to 16% of the Belt...