Word: cuttingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issue is not North's sincerity; it is whether the President or his staff deliberately set out to circumvent U.S. laws. The Congress we elected voted to cut off funds to the contra rebellion. No amount of sincerity justifies breaking...
...since 1970; entire parishes may disappear in the next 50 years. At Boca Grande Pass, an inlet on the Gulf Coast of Florida, some 200 million cu. yds. of sand have been carried seaward by the tidal currents. In North Carolina, where erosion this year alone has cut into beachfront property up to 60 ft. in places, the venerable Cape Hatteras lighthouse is in peril of the encroaching sea. Soon it must either be moved or surrounded by a wall. Otherwise, it is likely to suffer the fate of the Morris Island light, near Charleston, S.C. Once on solid land...
...Gulf Coast, the erosion of dry land is only part of the problem. Vast areas of wetlands normally protected by barrier islands off Louisiana are disappearing as well. In both Louisiana and Texas, where channels deep enough for barges have been cut through marshes, the dredging and waves caused by ship and boat traffic have accelerated the normal process of shoreline loss. What is more, salt water from the Gulf of Mexico has flowed into the marshes, endangering local fisheries...
...prices -- factors that would suggest an expansionary policy -- the German government is stubbornly refusing to make any courageous move in that direction." Giersch pointed out, however, that the West German central bank had already increased the money supply to bring down interest rates and that a $7.6 billion tax cut scheduled for Jan. 1 would also help boost growth. He recommended that further tax reductions worth $10.8 billion, which are scheduled for 1990, be put into effect earlier...
...convoy proceeded, American sailors stood on deck with rifles to shoot any mines that appeared. But minesweepers normally must first cut the tethers that keep them submerged. Despite Reagan's $1.8 trillion military buildup, including $592 billion for the Navy, the U.S. has only three active oceangoing minesweepers, all built during the Korean...