Word: lostness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...lost our poise, then unraveled a bit after that first game," Lem said. "Concentration was more of a factor than fatigue...
...someone's a crook, there would always be the chance that funds would be stolen. HUD's staff was reduced too much. Had there been more auditors and others checking on foreclosures funds of private escrow agents, it would have decreased the chances of money being stolen or lost...
...with somewhat broader legislation previously passed by the House. Meanwhile, on Sept. 20, the full District of Columbia Appeals Court is set to hear oral arguments on a ruling last month by a three-member panel of the bench. The panel decided that Dixon's civil- contempt charge had lost its power to coerce because of the length of time Morgan had spent in jail...
Rondonia's native Indians have fared worse than the settlers. Swept over by the land rush, one tribe, the Nambiquara, lost half its population to violent clashes with the immigrants and newly introduced diseases like measles. Jason Clay, director of research for Cultural Survival, an advocacy organization for the Indians, says that when the Nambiquara were relocated as part of Polonoroeste, the move severed an intimate connection, forged over generations, to the foods and medicines of their traditional lands. That deprived them of their livelihood and posterity of a wealth of information about the riches of the forest. Says Clay...
...similar debacle could occur in the western state of Acre. It is still virtually pristine, having lost only 4% of its forests, but the rate of deforestation is increasing sharply as cattle ranchers expand their domain. Development in Acre has sparked a series of bloody confrontations between ranchers and rubber tappers, who want to preserve the forests so they can save their traditional livelihood of harvesting latex and Brazil nuts. It was this conflict that killed Mendes...