Word: predictably
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...left closeted at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, was alarmingly clear. Because of declining revenues from the weak economy, estimates of next year's budget gap are leaping into the stratosphere. Budget Director Richard Darman projects a shortfall for fiscal year 1991 of $250 billion, and some economists predict that if rising oil prices tip the U.S. into a deep recession, the figure could climb to $400 billion. If no agreement on the budget can be reached by Oct. 1, draconian spending cuts mandated by the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law will go into effect, crippling every government agency from...
Every day brings 15,000 to 20,000 more refugees pouring out of Iraq, and Jordanian officials predict that as many as 1 million more may arrive in the coming weeks. Apart from the massive crowds in the border camps, Jordan is swamped with 110,000 refugees packed into dozens of transit camps in Amman. The cash-starved kingdom insists that it cannot cope with the additional tens of thousands still stranded at the border, waiting to cross. "The plight of these people has only evoked the faintest of responses from the world community," complains Crown Prince Hassan, King Hussein...
...construction of nuclear plants in 1987 and is the E.C.'s largest oil importer, is more exposed. Britain is the Community's only significant crude producer; its inflation rate, already 9.8% annually, is likely to climb higher, at least in the short term. But next year, some British forecasters predict, prices could start falling...
...Brazil the oil shock strikes just as President Collor de Mello's radical anti-inflation regime, which includes a tight monetary policy, is beginning to show results. Inflation, which hit 73% a month before the plan took effect last March, has cooled to less than 13%. Government officials predict that Brazil will lose $3.3 billion because of higher oil costs and loss of exports through 1991. If prices stay at $25 per bbl., next year's energy bill will grow $2 billion. As a result, Brazil may not resume payments on its foreign debt of $115 billion...
Whenever they choose candidates for the Supreme Court, Presidents must decide whether to select known quantities whose votes they believe they can reliably predict or to go with gifted independents, putting faith in their judgment if not their loyalty. Americans will learn which category Souter fits into only if they see his rulings on the court. For that matter, Souter himself may not know until then...