Word: droughts
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...forced Senators opposed to funding the Nicaraguan contras to vote against aid to low-income Americans. The committee rejected Stevens' amendment, 15 to 14. The Appropriations Committee also delayed voting on a similar effort to attach funds for El Salvador to a bill providing emergency food aid for drought-stricken African nations. Declared Republican Senator Pete Domenici: "If the entire Administration policy for Central America is handled as poorly as this was handled, it is doomed...
Trailing 24-22 at the end of the game's first 20 minutes, the Crimson capitalized on a six minute Tiger scoring drought at the beginning of the second half and on an eight-point rally of its own, keyed by freshman Keith Webster's 20-ft. left side jumper...
...more likely cause was money, or the lack of it. Morocco has been beset by a series of economic setbacks in the past few years. A severe drought, now in its third year, has seriously impaired agricultural production and rendered useless hydroelectric projects in which the government had invested heavily. As a result, the country is relying on oil imports for 85% of its energy needs, and paying for them with a dollar that has gained more than 40% in value against the dirham since 1981. At the same time, prices on the world market for phosphate, Morocco...
...victory-sealing goal took the pressure off the 6-ft., 1-in., 190-lb. senior, and he joked later about what has been a frustrating drought, remarking, "Yes, I did score a goal tonight...
...than ideological choice. With a per capita gross national product of $140 (compared with around $14,000 in the U.S.), Mozambique remains one of the world's poorest nations. Ongoing problems of mismanagement, corruption, lack of skilled workers and faulty agricultural planning have been compounded by the worst drought in 50 years. Over the past six months as many as 100,000 have died of starvation; 4 million of the country's 12.5 million people still do not have enough to eat. When food aid is sent from abroad, it is frequently blocked by the 10,000-member...