Word: disasterous
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In the early years of commonwealth, adroit use of Section 936 and other incentives raised Puerto Rico from dire poverty to one of the highest living standards in Latin America. But progress has stalled. Industrial development has failed so far to move the island's per capita income close to...
What he wants to happen on 90210 A disaster episode. I want The Towering Inferno to come to 90210.
In 1984, Congress passed a law granting both federal agencies and local police enormous power of seizures, and by doing so invited disaster. The law has given police the right and the incentive to use the slightest pretenses to confiscate property. Though few cases end as tragically as Scott's...
The hindsight view was expressed in an Oct. 6 New York Times editorial calling on Clinton to "extricate U.S. troops from the gathering disaster in Somalia . . . The nature of the mission changed dramatically in June ((when)) the Security Council unwisely made ((Aidid's)) capture and trial an essential part of...
That's fine -- if companies are interested in investing money now to reap savings later. But many executives insist that scientists have not absolutely proved that significant global warming will occur. While that's true, the evidence was enough to persuade dozens of nations to sign the Rio treaty. Clinton...