Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kramer found there was no electricity and little hot food, and that water ran only twice a day for brief periods. Besides food, one of the most important commodities in Kuwait City right now is spare tires. "People steal them, and with no electricity there's no way to repair them," says Kramer. "There are so many sharp pieces of metal on the road that a trip to the border is considered -- at a minimum -- a 'three-spare' trip...
...even as those disasters and a plethora of defense-procurement scandals were feeding a lack of trust and respect for the military, the Pentagon was not only absorbing lessons but also beginning to repair itself. The armed forces have undergone a quiet revolution. An entirely new defense establishment has been created, its ranks filled by volunteers, its methods, training and strategy thoroughly modernized...
...Offer low interest loans to small property owners who wish to repair their rent-controlled buildings...
...Deposit city funds only in banks that loan money to repair and improve rent-controlled buildings...
...Japanese firms are resigned to losing business to countries that participated in the fighting. Some companies doubt that Kuwait will give them a chance to fix equipment they built and installed themselves. "Repairs would be most efficiently done by the original supplier," says Yujia Wakayama, a spokesman for Toshiba, whose generators provided about half of Kuwait's electricity before the Iraqi occupation. "We are ready to cooperate if Kuwait requests it." But industry insiders concede that Kuwait may give the repair contracts to U.S. firms in recognition of America's leading role in liberating the country...