Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...question of just what they were there for took on fresh urgency. Defense Minister Dmitri Yazov and Interior Minister Boris Pugo, who drafted the order in secret last Dec. 29, say the new patrols are intended to combat an odious side effect of economic and political liberalization: a steep rise in violent crime...
With public confidence in the Kremlin steadily ebbing, ordinary Soviets doubted that either politics or public safety explained the security patrols. Citizens suspected that the troop "deployments" were going to be coupled with an announcement of steep price hikes: the Kremlin wanted to be ready in case the people rioted. Government officials assured the population that no such decision was coming any day soon...
...despite their potential down-the-road profit opportunities, these initial costs are high for a worker in today's fiscal climate, especially in light of the steep increase in the price of medallions from $10,000 a decade...
...recession so far has been steep and painful. During the October- December quarter, the economy shrank at an estimated 4% annual rate. Last week a barrage of grim statistics underscored the situation. Housing starts fell 13.3% last year, to the lowest level since the 1981-82 recession. Industrial production declined at a rate of 8% during the final quarter of 1990, and the tailspin showed no sign of a letup. Domestic auto sales during the first 10 days of January were more than 31% lower than during the same period a year ago. "Nobody is selling anything. Times couldn...
...those who are obsessed with the steep price we would pay for liberating Kuwait ignore the real objectives that properly and necessarily justify American intervention: protecting the world's oil supply; preventing Iraqi hegemony over the Middle East; and eliminating Saddam Hussein's ability to produce and deploy biological, chemical and nuclear weapons...