Word: hoards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there are at least two competing plans being bruited about, and while the debate rages, the tide is running against any sort of cooperation. Republics are starting to set up customs posts and other hindrances to the movement of goods across their borders, and people are beginning to hoard food...
...alcoholic. A manic-depressive. An anti-Semite. Rabidly anti-Israel. Warm and friendly to individual Jews and Israelis. Beloved by many of his students; others regard him as arrogant. Does not suffer fools gladly. Recently removed from his post as chief editor. Remains in control of a substantial hoard of unpublished texts...
...invaded Iran in 1980, France proved to be a willing supplier. China and 25 other countries also fueled the eight-year conflict by selling weapons to both sides. The war ended in 1988, but Saddam was not sated. With an eye toward both Iran and Israel, he continued to hoard weapons, spending $2 billion in the 18 months following the cease-fire...
...more profitable entertainment industry thus presented a challenge to Matsushita. By acquiring music and movie companies, Sony gained control of the software that helps stimulate the market for electronic products. Matsushita had little choice but to do likewise. The merger faces one bothersome hurdle: while Matsushita has a cash hoard of almost $10 billion and no long-term debt, rising interest rates and a sagging Tokyo stock market may make financing the acquisition difficult. In Tokyo financial experts give the deal no more than a fifty-fifty chance of success...
...wines date from the 1830s to 1945, and 62 bottles still display a twin- headed-eagle seal. A Swiss buyer paid a record $12,705 for three bottles of 1891 port. Why did Moscow dispose of the vintage hoard? It needs the hard currency...