Word: beset
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...that time, the matter had become a farce to the public and a serious and dangerous embarrassment to Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He was already beset by an array of domestic political problems concerning; West German relations with the Soviet Union, the continuing deployment of U.S. missiles and the revival of his country's sputtering economy. He did not need the Kiessling-Wörner controversy, which one politician described as "worse than an operetta." Returning from an eight-day trip to the Middle East last week, Kohl sought to bring down the curtain by announcing that Wörner...
...more likely cause was money, or the lack of it. Morocco has been beset by a series of economic setbacks in the past few years. A severe drought, now in its third year, has seriously impaired agricultural production and rendered useless hydroelectric projects in which the government had invested heavily. As a result, the country is relying on oil imports for 85% of its energy needs, and paying for them with a dollar that has gained more than 40% in value against the dirham since 1981. At the same time, prices on the world market for phosphate, Morocco...
...before. He created a new ministry charged with rooting out corrupt officials. Just two days before the coup, he delivered an austerity budget aimed at reducing the government's capital spending by 30% and imports by 40%. The belt-tightening was greeted with grumbling by Nigerians, already beset by high food prices and 50% inflation and angry over the ostentatious luxury enjoyed by many of the country's leaders, though not by Shagari. Said a Nigerian economist: "Palm oil is more than ten times as costly as it was a few months ago. Yet you see more BMW and Mercedes...
...Ivory Coast, a model of economic development and relative prosperity under President Felix Houphouët-Boigny, is now beset by a troubled economy and uncertainty about who will succeed...
...Beset by regular breakdowns, it produced five tons last year. In accepting such largesse, African leaders have mortgaged themselves to outside interests. Observes a Nigerian film maker: "We build palaces but can't run them, we import cars we can't repair, we are attracted by everything that glitters. We are slaves to another culture...