Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...would support sending U.S. troops to Latin America to clean out the Medellin cocaine cartel -- preferably with the Colombian government's permission but without it if necessary. "People talk about sovereignty," says Von Raab, "but what about our sovereignty? They are chemical-weapons factories. They fly poison out and drop it on shopping malls...
...continues to take Mexico for granted, although less so than before. The people with decision-making powers in the U.S. still do not understand the gravity of the problems Mexico is facing. I do not think there is a real appreciation in the U.S. yet for what the tremendous drop in the standard of living of the Mexican people really means, what the drop in government spending on education, on health, on infrastructure really means for the country and the people. I do not think the U.S. understands how close Mexico is to the brink...
...some extent, however, action belies bravado. Consumer spending, which typically accounts for two-thirds of economic activity and provided most of the oomph for the expansion, is starting to falter. Auto sales have stalled dramatically, contributing to a drop in total retail sales of 0.4% last month and 0.1% in May, the first back-to-back monthly declines since September and October of 1986. Industry is showing the same trend. U.S. factories operated at 83.5% of capacity in June, down from a high of 84.3% in January, a strong indicator that the economy has passed the peak in its current...
...from $1.7 trillion to $3.3 trillion since the expansion began in late 1982. If Americans cut back abruptly on their spending, the effects would ripple through the economy. Businesses would respond to the sales falloff by reducing their own spending and laying off workers, which would spark a further drop in consumer spending...
...principal causes of casualties are terrain and weather. Never before have men fought for any length of time at such altitudes, breathing air that contains less than half the oxygen at sea level, at temperatures that drop below -43 degrees F, in blinding blizzards that can last days. Both sides admit that 8 out of 10 casualties are caused by the harsh conditions -- including soldiers being swept away in cascades of snow or tumbling into crevasses. Says a Pakistani officer at the northern end of the Saltoro sector: "We are brave. They are brave. And we both face the same...