Word: drain
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...growing number of people on the globe is a problem as urgent as the Cold War once was, Wirth said. The population spiral will increase the gap between the rich and poor and drain the earth's resources, he said...
Legislators can probably expect about $5billion extra to spend on social programs fromcutting the supercollider, but even the process ofterminating the project will be a drain on theTreasury...
...while the new law brings more opportunity for professors considering their futures in academic life, it also brings the possibility of an aging faculty, of a financial drain on University resources and of limited tenure openings for rising junior faculty...
When the issues are genetic screening and abortion, ethical values often clash with practicality and parental rights. With health costs going out of control, there will be increasing pressure on parents not to bring to term a child that will be a drain on the medical system. Those who doubt that a eugenics movement reminiscent of the Nazi era could get started in this day and age have only to look at the example of China, which last month announced a program of abortions, forced sterilization and marriage bans to "avoid new births of inferior quality and heighten the standards...
With the clamor of opposition calming, Clinton should be able to hear something else: The sound of two important United Nations missions going down the drain. And though quieter, this sound is far more dangerous...