Word: moring
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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They spent even though real personal income declined. Americans fought against the shrinking of their incomes in three ways: they sent more and more spouses to work; they drew down their personal savings; and they plunged more deeply into debt. But these defenses are rapidly being exhausted. Fully 60% of...
Their growth prospects evaporated largely because many industries became increasingly outmoded and continued to lose their edge in global competition. America was living off its accumulated capital stock, a consequence of its people's unwillingness or inability to save and invest. While the U.S. spent scarcely 10% of its...
The fruit of 15 weeks of painstaking negotiations at the stately Lancaster House in London, the accord carried with it the Front's previous acceptance of a majority-rule constitution and parliamentary elections. It thus appeared to pave the way for the peaceful creation of an independent republic of...
Tribal enmity,* along with ideological disputes between the left-leaning Mugabe and the more pragmatic Nkomo, could pose a serious threat to the cease-fire plan. The two groups considered joining their forces under a single command and mounting a unified campaign in the forthcoming elections. Nevertheless, many guerrillas have...
Nowhere is concern over the future more manifest than in Saudi Arabia, where a feudal monarchy rules a sparsely settled (estimated pop. between 4 million and 7 million) land containing 23.2% of the world's proven oil reserves. The ruling House of Saud was badly shaken by last month...