Word: sank
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Reluctant to talk tough at first, George Bush began to stress as events sank in, that "all options remain open." But Sam Nunn, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was doubtful. "I don't think we have a military option at the moment, nor do we have a treaty obligation," he said. A senior Pentagon general confirmed, "On the ground, in the short run, we are not players." Several thousand airborne troops and Marines could be sent in quickly, but they would be no match for the 100,000 Iraqis who invaded Kuwait...
...world was hit with Oil Shock No. 1. Then in 1979-80, after revolution broke out in Iran and the country was invaded by Iraq, came Oil Shock No. 2. In both cases petroleum prices soared, energy shortages developed, inflation took off, and the world's economies sank into recession. Last week fears of Oil Shock No. 3 could be felt from New York City to Tokyo...
...suspect a new tenant of being a killer; despite some bloody violence, it's routine Nancy Drew hokum. USA's Dead Reckoning contrived to place a rich doctor (Cliff Robertson), his wife and her former lover on a pleasure boat together in the middle of the ocean, then promptly sank in a sea of implausibility...
...situation is a marked turnaround from 1986, when unemployment topped 12%, U-Haul trailers streamed out of the city, and foreclosures were rampant. Today the area has regained 77% of the 220,000 jobs it lost; unemployment has been whittled to 5.3%; and suburban condos that sank in value to as little as $5,000 have rebounded to more than...
...that hard-won agreement died last week, the country sank into a fit of finger pointing. Ottawa blamed Newfoundland's Wells for the debacle. But Mulroney himself was a major target. Said Jean Chretien, favored to become & leader of the opposition Liberal Party: "Prime Minister, Canadians will never ever forgive...