Word: nonsubsi
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thus save $200 million in service charges. But even with this assistance the Egyptian economy is in terrible shape. To placate his citizens, Sadat has kept the price of food staples artificially low by putting up government subsidies of nearly $1 billion annually. If Egyptians were forced to pay nonsubsi-dized prices, Sadat might be ousted by a repetition of the food riots that rocked Cairo last January. With his we-won't-pay announcement to the Russians, Sadat is reminding Western creditors that they either have to bear a burden or risk losing a friend...
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