Word: resorts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crew them. U.S. Army units in Europe, by some estimates, would run out of ammunition after only two weeks of conventional war. Worst of all, perhaps, the U.S. has an announced commitment to oppose by force any Soviet move toward the Persian Gulf oilfields, but today might have to resort to tactical nuclear weapons to block such a thrust...
...Wales). Even the church hierarchy has been affected. Last month Suffragan Bishop Stephen Verney of Repton was married to a divorcee, setting off an untidy flap among conservative churchmen. At present, many Anglicans are remarried in civil ceremonies and are then blessed privately by a priest. Other couples resort to Methodist marriages, lie to Anglican clergy about previous marriages, or simply live together...
...real estate, the Kuwaitis have moved rapidly into the U.S. Sunbelt. They own the 30-story Atlanta Hilton Hotel, as well as all of South Carolina's Kiawah Island, a resort that has generated some $200 million in revenues for the Kuwaitis on an original investment of only $17.4 million. Kuwait owns parcels of real estate in New Orleans, Boston and Washington, D.C., including office space now rented by the General Services Administration...
...defoliated, stripped naked of all leaves. Squishy little creatures hanging from branches, crawling over the sides of houses, creating a sickly goo on roads. People rushing to their doctors with rashes on hands, faces, anywhere they may have brushed against the little pests. Neighbors arguing angrily about whether to resort to risky chemicals. Noisy town meetings. Anguished editorials in newspapers...
American weapons are far from perfect; so, concludes Fallows, is the force that must use them. He repeats many of the common arguments about the volunteer army as employer of last resort. For example, this astounding statistic--in 1980, of the 100,860 men who were serving their first term as enlisted men in the infantry or armor artillery, exactly 25 (men, not per cent) had college degrees. But he adds new dimensions to the usual discussion of social inequality by stressing he military effects of an all-poor army. "I think the mixture of middle-class...