Word: saves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...total dependence on outside help. Unless they receive aid, they will be unable to plant new crops or raise new herds even if the rains do come. The Sahel's flat savannas, which once supported the blue-and black-robed Tuareg and Fulani warriors, are now empty, save for the thousands of reddish brown mounds that mark the graves of those who starved. At least 100,000 have died...
There is little danger of direct retaliation against the Italians. But other nations might follow suit and erect their own general trade barriers. U.S. reaction was mild; one American official even called the move "astute" and guessed that it might save Italy a much needed $580 million a year. Perhaps so; but real as the Italians' plight is, their action sets a worrisome example for dealing with the effects of high oil prices...
...Dean] basically is the one who surprises me and disappoints ... because he is trying to save his neck and doing so easily. He is not, to hear him tell it, when I have talked to him, he is not telling things that will, you know?...
...anything to save...
...that he is trying to lie to save his own skin...