Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...agreeing to sever Jordan's links with the West Bank, Hussein remained studiously vague in his speech about the concrete steps he intends to take. Just before his speech, the King terminated a five-year $1.3 billion development program for the West Bank and dissolved Jordan's 60-member lower house of parliament, half of whose members represent West Bankers. Both steps were more symbolic than significant...
...plummeting prices, inflation has hit the cocaine trade: the Drug Enforcement Administration reports that coke prices in South Florida are on the rise. Three months ago, undercover DEA agents could buy coke wholesale for as little as $13,000 a kilogram. Today they can rarely bargain dealers to lower than $16,000. Some DEA agents believe dealers are trying to recoup losses. Cocaine seizures in Florida and the Caribbean have more than doubled in the past year...
...average -- has surged 400% in value since beginning its bullish burst. The $3.5 trillion now invested in the Tokyo market makes it world's largest. Even the devastation wrought by last October's global stock only temporarily dampened the spirits of Tokyo traders. Although the Dow is now 12% lower than it was before the crash, the Nikkei has risen 6% above pre- crash level, to new highs...
Such worries are groundless, argue analysts in Tokyo. The Japanese attribute the high price-earnings ratios in part to accounting rules that allow companies to understate earnings to keep their taxes lower. Another factor propping up prices is so-called cross-holding of stock. Because many Japanese companies hold large blocks of other companies' stock, which out of tradition are seldom traded, fewer shares are available for purchase so their prices rise...
...U.S.S.R. has a standing armed force of 5.2 million (vs. 2.1 million for the U.S.), but Moscow's reliance on universal conscription of 18-year-olds means that morale and motivation are lower than in countries with all- volunteer forces, like the U.S. and Britain. In conventional units, the Kremlin has traditionally opted for quantity over quality, relying on large numbers of troops and weapons and de-emphasizing battlefield initiative and high technology...