Word: happenned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have never seen that happen in the 22 years that I've been here," Danehy said...
...kind of prolonged general strike that could bring the economy to a halt. Many South African businessmen say privately that the most effective economic sanction of all would be for the millions of black workers simply to stay at home until the government agrees to negotiate. This does not happen, says a diplomat in Pretoria, because "the primary concern of most blacks in South Africa is money. The secondary concern is possible political gain in the future. There is no revolution in sight...
This does not have to happen. A dramatic drop in Brazil's birth rate promises to reduce future pressures to cut the forests, and experts believe the country could halt much of the deforestation with a few actions. By removing the remaining subsidies and incentives for clearing land, Brazil could both save money and slow the speculation that destroys the forests. Many environmentalists prefer this approach to the enactment of new laws. Brazilians have developed a genius, which they call jeito, for getting around laws, and many sound environmental statutes on the books are ignored...
...emergence of a Solidarity Prime Minister in Poland is only the latest they-said-it-couldn't-happen event in the Communist world. Confronted with so much that was so recently unthinkable, some Western intellectuals are showing signs of giddiness bordering on nuttiness...
...woozy Wall Streeters are asking, Can a crash happen again? Is this boom any different from the last one? Despite such fears, investors have been looking on the economy's bright side...