Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Center for Defense Information, Washington. Analyzes data on military waste from a viewpoint critical of the defense buildup...
...been slowed to a crawl by a series of technical troubles. The biggest problem is to encase the reactor, which is still emitting dangerous radioactive particles, in a concrete tomb. The Soviets have run short of cement and have had to install a ventilation system to prevent heat buildup, which might cause new fires and explosions. The Communist Party daily Pravda has criticized the slowness of the effort, pointing out that three other nuclear reactors located on the site cannot resume operation until the fourth is sealed. "Life cannot return to normal in the area until the tomb is built...
...construed as disloyal. In the process, the nine-man Sandinista Directorate does not hesitate to trample on civil rights, as a report released last week by the New York City-based International League for Human Rights makes all too clear. The government has also embarked on a military buildup, based on its insistence that the country is now on a virtual war footing with the U.S. The rationale for a buildup was strengthened last month when the U.S. House of Representatives appropriated $100 million in aid for the anti-Sandinista contras. The extent of the military escalation is not clear...
Reagan's greatest failure involves the huge federal debt, now $2 trillion, half of it accumulated during the Reagan years. He administered a deep tax cut during an enormous military buildup. Tens of thousands of family farmers have been destroyed, and the economy of the Midwest has been badly shaken...
...porch sat Jack Owens, a black man with startling blue eyes, and with him was a friend, Ira Hudson, who volunteered, "I'm doing fine for a 75-year-old pap." Owens got out his twelve string Silvertone guitar from Sears, Roebuck, and you could see dust buildup on all the lower frets that a bluesman never fingers. Spires accepted an A harp from Owens, removed a wooden kitchen match from his mouth and began to blow...