Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...neighboring mesquite-covered counties along the Mexican border, has become known as Little Colombia because of high-profile drug smuggling since the federal crackdown in Florida. Officially designated as one of the nation's poorest regions, the area is basking in a cocaine-driven economic boom that has helped fuel a surge in bank deposits. Lavish homes -- paid for in cash -- have been built fronting the Rio Grande, and luxury cars equipped with cellular telephones dot the unpaved streets of such towns as Roma and Rio Grande City. Hard-pressed lawmen fear that they can do no more than hold...
...With jet-fuel prices doubling since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait, Pan Am has been forced to put its prized London routes on the block, and Eastern's creditors last week called for the line's outright liquidation. But if they have problems, how about Kuwait Airways...
...defense is going to ask for all sorts of sensitive information and force us to compromise security or endanger the case against Noriega. The primary goal was always to get him out of power. I don't see what we get out of getting him convicted." Such talk may fuel the rumor among Panamanians that the tapes were intentionally passed to CNN to torpedo the trial and get the government off the hook. State has formally denied the allegation...
...that continuously manufacture insulin and package it in microscopic granules. In response to rising blood- glucose levels, these tiny factories release the granules into the bloodstream. As glucose levels fall, the insulin release tapers off, thus preventing blood sugar from plummeting to dangerous levels and starving the brain of fuel -- and consciousness. Fortunately, this life-threatening condition, known as hypoglycemia, can easily be countered by eating or drinking something sweet...
...surprisingly, the biggest contributors are Saudi Arabia at $8 billion, which includes transportation, water and fuel for the troops poised there, and Kuwait at $4 billion. Under pressure from the U.S., Japan doubled its pledge to $4 billion, while Germany and the European Community have each provided $2 billion. In Rome last week, the 24-nation Gulf Crisis Financial Coordination Group agreed to provide $13 billion in aid to nations that have suffered the worst financial damage from trade sanctions on Iraq...