Word: rotted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hideous massacre of Philadelphia's MOVE household, the surge of executions on Jim Crow death row, the gutting of busing for desegregation--these are emblems of a visciously racist ruling class gearing up for war. As American capitalism continues to rot, both Republicans and Democrats know they cannot conduct any war--against Nicaragua, Cuba and ultimately the Soviet Union--without the subjugation of the working classes and all the oppressed...
...humans get involved. In Brazil the Amazon rain forest, which once covered 3 million sq. mi., has been slashed by an estimated 10% to 15% as the region has been developed for mining and agriculture; an additional 20% has been seriously disturbed. When the downed trees are burned or rot, CO2 and other greenhouse gases are released. The same kind of deforestation in Africa, Indonesia and the Philippines, say experts, may already be helping to make the world warmer...
Back to the future for United Airlines. -- Congress takes on corporate America. -- Crops rot as migrant workers...
...three packs a day. In January 1986, he began his new regimen by quitting the booze. For the first three months, he and his personal trainer weighed and recorded every bite and sip he took. "I was scared to eat chocolate cake and thick steak, afraid my blood would rot," Remar remembers. He also went overboard on his exercise program. In addition to weight lifting, biking and jogging, there was a backyard aerobics class that friends were inveigled into joining. He was so intense that he promptly injured his right shoulder...
Everyone's on the dole; the less people work, the more time they'll spend vegging out and shooting up, and the less they'll notice that the government is letting the country rot...