Word: buildups
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Once there, some experts fear, the gel may trigger a variety of autoimmune disorders as the body tries to protect itself from the perceived invader. These include scleroderma, which thickens and stiffens the skin and causes a buildup of fibrous tissue in the lungs and other organs; lupus erythematosus, which causes chronic joint pain and rashes; and rheumatoid arthritis...
...November 1990, during the buildup to Operation Desert Storm, James Baker tried to shore up support on the home front for the dispatch of U.S. troops half a world away. "To bring it down to the level of the average American citizen," he said, standing up to Saddam Hussein "means jobs." Then, to make sure everyone understood, he said it again, "If you want to sum it up in one word, it's jobs...
When U.S. troops invaded Panama in December 1989, the Soviet Foreign Ministry read its condemnation to a CNN crew before passing it through diplomatic channels. During the buildup to the gulf war, Turkish President Turgut Ozal was watching a CNN telecast of a press conference and heard a reporter ask Bush if Ozal would cut off an oil pipeline into Iraq. Bush said he was about to ask Ozal that very question. Moments later, when the telephone rang, Ozal was able to tell Bush that he was expecting the call...
...much lower recognition level. By high school, according to the second study, nearly half the students say they think Joe "is cool." The third study looked at 5,040 California teenagers, ages 12 to 17, and found that Camels' increasing popularity with the 131 smokers among them paralleled the buildup of the Joe Camel ad campaign. "The fact is that the ad is reaching kids, and it is changing their behavior," says Georgia's Dr. John Richards, who worked on the first two studies...
From the early days of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the Society was quick to condemn the Allied military buildup in Saudi Arabia with nothing but a glib, listless condemnation of Iraq itself...