Word: hit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...issue is dividing the regions. Opposition is fierce in sprawling Western states, where some motorists routinely drive 75 miles -- often at 75 m.p.h. -- to shop or see a doctor. According to a study by the American Automobile Association, which strongly opposes an increase, raising the levy would hit Wyoming the hardest of any state. The A.A.A. estimated that a 50 * cents-per-gal. increase, which is at the high end in the range of proposals, would cost the typical Wyoming motorist $412 a year. New Yorkers would pay $282 more and Washington drivers an additional $198. Says Doug Todd...
...know is that one person was hit in the side," police spokesman Angelo Bitsis said, adding that the unidentified victim was hospitalized in fair condition...
...federal probe was finally starting to produce results. Operation Ill Wind -- the two-year Justice Department inquiry into whether defense contractors bribed Pentagon officials for contract information -- blew in its first indictments and guilty pleas. Two defense contractors and nine men, including a middle-ranking Pentagon official, were hit with charges that include fraud, conspiracy, racketeering and bribery...
...development of highly mobile medical teams has shortened the international response time when disaster strikes. Within 72 hours after a catastrophic earthquake hit Soviet Armenia early last month, the French government and volunteer organizations dispatched the first of nearly 700 trained personnel, including doctors, firemen and experts in excavation techniques, to assist the victims. The effort was eventually joined by scores of countries around the world...
...entering its seventh year, the expansion is straining against a shortage of workers and plant capacity. According to economists surveyed by Time, the resulting inflationary pressures will force the Federal Reserve to restrict growth. But the risk is that the Fed will hit the brakes too hard and put the economy into a stall. -- A stock scandal exposes the cozy ties among Japan' s power elite...