Word: draining
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Beyond their fears that the presence of U.S. troops could actually incite Sandinista attacks, both countries fear that a military buildup could drain money from civilian economies that are already in dire straits. Honduras has virtually ceased payment on its $2 billion debt to foreign Danks and international organizations, a move almost unnoticed during the Argentine debt crisis. Capital flight in the past two years alone has been estimated at $1 billion. Although Costa Rica is substantially better off (it receives more U.S. aid per capita than any other country except Israel), it can barely meet the interest payments...
...many want to continue opening this massive drain. In June of last year, the Department of Energy released a report calling for an enormous power plant building program, geared to meet hugely inflated estimates of electrical energy demand. The DOE scenario would channel one tenth or more of all private domestic investment in the next two decades into power plant construction...
...idea for the program arose in the aftermath of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon nearly two years ago. The manpower drain resulting from the lighting was considered to be more threatening than from the relatively brief '67 and '73 wars...
...ceaseless scurrying would tax anyone. The more ineffable pressures the candidates face, to regain or maintain momentum, to remain intellectually focused but not rigid, are at least as burdensome. Frequent high-stakes televised debates (eight so far) have been an extra drain on emotional resources. "The debates are particularly difficult," says Oliver ("Pudge") Henkel, Hart's campaign manager. "It's a major change of pace from the rest of the campaign. It is so intense that there's invariably a letdown afterward...
...University of Texas will establish 32 endowed chairs in various science fields over the next four or five years, in a move which some Harvard scientists fear could drain Harvard's science departments of many promising faculty members...