Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Using helicopters, horses and dune buggies, the patrolmen found eight men that evening-two dead, the rest barely alive. A ninth man, who may have been the chief Salvadoran smuggler, had fallen behind and was lost...
...aging plants, declining productivity, entrenched labor unions, restrictive Government regulations and fierce foreign competition. Highways and railroads, the vital infrastructure needed to transport goods, are badly deteriorated. In major industries like farm machinery and consumer electronics, foreign manufacturers have captured increasingly large shares of the U.S. market. America has fallen behind important world competitors, such as Japan and West Germany, in capital formation, saving and investment, spending on research and development, and growth in worker productivity...
...sides, no wonder Will goes crazy. Or does he? Percy writes that he "went mad" upon deciding to enter the cave, but the point is then oddly hedged: "This is how crazy he was. He had become convinced that the Last Days were at hand, that the world had fallen into the hands of the only species which knew how to destroy itself along with all other living creatures on earth, that whenever in history this species had invented a weapon, it had forthwith used it ..." The list continues, building a case against mankind that is hard to refute. Will...
...Armistead and Schmidt want to start spending their Monday nights at city council, they should begin soon--the crucial vote may be on how the institutional expansion guidelines are to be drawn, and that could take place late next fall, not much time to mend some fences that have fallen into disrepair. "For years everyone on the city council has been abusing Harvard verbally--it will be interesting to see how much was show, and how many will vote to really stick it to them," one city councilor, who asked not to be identified, said. "Even if they do start...
Vickers, whose arms once rivaled those of Krupp, is only slightly healthier. Still an important defense and marine engineering contractor, the mighty firm has been suffering from anemic sales since 1977, when the government nationalized its shipbuilding and aircraft operations. Over the past two years, pretax profits have fallen 34% to $15.4 million...