Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...discussed at the recent G-7 summit in Lyons, where other member nations condemned the U.S. legislation, there has been no concerted effort to challenge the law. Scott notes that Canada's Minister of Foreign Trade, Arthur Eggleton, has said he hopes wiser heads will prevail when the dust settles after the U.S. presidential election. -- Lamia Abu-Haidar
...Eastern Montana and the Western Dakotas sympathize with those enduring the drought in Texas [NATION, June 10]. We suffered through 12 years of drought, from 1980 to 1991. Old-timers said it was worse than the '30s. Our well-built houses could not keep out the dust; winters brought us dirt drifts instead of snowdrifts. In 1988 we never pulled a combine into the field. Our county lost 20% of its population and 75% of the cattle herds. Isn't it interesting that it takes the Freemen to get publicity for this part of the country? CAROL R. BRENDEN Scobey...
Your drought story reminded me of the Dust Bowl days when as a farm boy I rented shares on my uncle's land and planted soybeans three times to get something to feed eight dairy cows. As the sun was darkened by clouds of dust from the west, many of us gradually began to realize that nature and man had drifted apart. M. EARL BOYER Freeport, Illinois...
...frequently and well--not wrinkled or damp like most of my clothes at school turn out. When there's a kitchen in the room, trash is also a high maintenance activity, not just a weekly afterthought. Our tiny dish-washer needs to be run a few times a day. Dust and other strange substances collect on every surface in the place. And if something breaks, you cannot call your mother or your superintendent...
...pictures on these pages show a city being ground to dust. This is Kabul today, and no city has suffered more destruction in the '90s than the capital of Afghanistan. Along with the demise of the cold war, the departure of the Soviets in 1989 ended much of the interest of the U.S. and other outsiders. Shortly afterward, vicious, sustained civil war broke out. In the years since, five different armies have fought in Kabul's streets, battling from house to house, killing 45,000 in one six-month period. Jahannam, says the Koran, is a hellish place of "harrowing...