Word: kilo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Iran is determined to regain its former stature as the pre-eminent power in the Persian Gulf. The Iranians are spending $2 billion a year on sophisticated weaponry -- from MiG-29 and Su-24 fighter bombers, to at least two Kilo-class attack submarines, all from Russia. They have a fairly crude chemical-weapons program, and we suspect they may have a biological program. The Iranians also continue their terrorism. In the past few weeks we know they've sent a large number of weapons to Hizballah...
...once elegant Nevsky Prospekt, shoppers at a small grocery store stared bleakly at cans of Finnish sardines, lollipops and American M&M candies. With prices freed, costs soared tenfold against an average salary that stayed at 400 rubles a month: sausage now costs 100 to 200 rubles a kilo (2.2 lbs.), and even sour cream, a Russian staple, goes for 130 rubles a kilo. Said a city council member: "Our energy level is lower because we are not receiving proper nutrition...
...Year opened, shoppers made their way past cheerless holiday decorations toward the display case in the processed-meat department. There they confronted a Muscovite consumer's dream: not sugarplum fairies but kolbasa sausages piled high on chipped metal trays. Yet there was no buying frenzy. The price per kilo was 43.75 rubles, compared with only 2.20 rubles less than a year ago. Grumbled a middle-aged woman overcome by price paralysis: "What a nightmare...
...largesse added to Bennett's overhead, but he could afford it. In 1987, when cocaine prices were at an all-time low, Oscar in Cali was charging Villabona about $10,000 for a kilo. Out of that, Oscar paid Colombian growers and refiners about $3,000 and Mexican smugglers $2,000. He kept $5,000 for himself. In the U.S., Villabona and Bennett charged $12,000 for a kilo and split the profits. Some weeks Bo pocketed $1 million...
That persuaded a California judge to let federal agents tap the phone at Villabona's house in Malibu. They overheard him set up his biggest deal yet: a 3,000 kilo-a-month supply line to buyers in Detroit. Michigan police moved in when the would-be buyers tried to deliver $5 million in cash to a motel outside Detroit...