Word: costs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...combating it is to fall into a repressive reaction-which is exactly what the terrorists seek to provoke-and thus undermine the democratic values that are under attack. In the 1970s. Uruguay, once the model of democracy in South America, succeeded in wiping out the leftist Tupamaros. The cost was great: the get-tough climate set the stage for the military to seize power and set up a dictatorship. The dilemma of how to cope with terrorism is not lost on any European government these days. Spanish Premier Adolfo Suarez's center-right coalition warned last week that...
...Texan big think seem like small talk. The Saudis are currently spending $15 billion on the largest desalination program in the world?and seriously pondering a plan for towing icebergs from the Antarctic to provide fresh water for a country that has not a single permanent river. The estimated cost of that: $80 million per berg. They are putting up $14 billion for a project that will bring natural gas to the newly planned industrial cities of Yanbo on the Red Sea and Jubail on the Persian Gulf, which are costing $30 billion to build. In the past three years...
...Nazer, "we threw a little money on the problem and solved it." What they threw was $6.6 billion for port expansion. The building program created a tremendous labor shortage; the Saudis solved it by requiring all large foreign contractors to bring their own workers along ? and add the cost to the price of the contract...
...cannot doubt that Palestinian terrorism has taken many Israeli lives, but one must also realize the desperateness of the Palestinians. After 30 years, it has become evident to the Palestinians that the Arab states as well as the international community will settle for peace at the cost of the Palestinian cause. This reality has been shown by Israeli violations of international U.N. law concerning settlement policy in occupied territories and recognition of the Palestinians' right to return to their homeland (U.N. Resolutions 3236, 3237, 3376, 3375, 3379 of 1974-76); actions by the Arab League subordinating the Palestinian cause...
...each series on the air there are backups ready to go on whenever a rating dips. The pilots for these shows can cost as much as $600,000. For the upcoming season, the networks have funded 149 pilots, some of which are analyzed for its clients by the ad agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample. Excerpts...