Word: hovers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tunelessly idyllic French village. Chickens wander the lanes that link the stone farmhouses, while cows graze alongside the clear Rhone River. Yet the hamlet (pop. 50), located about 30 miles east of Lyon, has a strikingly modern feature. Within a large fenced-off area, tall construction cranes hover over a huge concrete cylinder that will contain the world's most advanced nuclear power plant, a fast-breeder reactor christened Super Phenix...
...first half saw the hoopsters pull out in front with fine outside shooting from freshman Ann Scannel and inside bank shots from forward Karen Smith. The tall, slender Smith has an uncanny ability to filter through enemy defense lines and hover open beneath the basket for easy layup conversions...
...polarization and consequent violence is economic. Turkey has still not pulled away from the edge of bankruptcy that it faced last year, when 24 predominantly Western nations promised it $1.5 billion in emergency assistance. Since then inflation has soared to an annual rate close to 100%, unemployment continues to hover stubbornly around 20% and industry, because of oil and other raw material shortages, is running at less than 50% capacity...