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Word: fluorishes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...encouraging to witness what can happen in an environment where free enterprise is allowed to fluorish," Reagan told the islanders. The praise, however, was premature. Despite some $74 million in U.S. aid over the past two years, the before-and-after picture of Grenada is pretty much the same. The problems that beset the island under Marxist rule persist: high unemployment, minimal foreign investment, primitive communications and electricity systems. Unemployment is 30%, and twice that among youth. Almost 2 1/2 years after the U.S. promised to stimulate foreign investment in the island through tax credits, only two such efforts have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Grenada, Apocalypso Now | 3/3/1986 | See Source »

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