Word: storm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...things that flowed from Desert Storm were marvelous," says Bush. "It led to the Madrid meeting on the Middle East, and that led to the handshake on the White House lawn between Arafat and Rabin. And NAFTA was our baby. Clinton, once he got through trying to get by the labor and environmental crowd, worked like hell for it. Give him credit. But it was our deal...
Meantime, the Bushes are fixing up their homes. At the center are the rambling family quarters in Kennebunkport, Maine. Storm repair is completed, cottages readied. There will be an apartment for them at the Texas library. And the pink brick Houston town house, which critics doubted could be built on so narrow a lot, is a functional triumph...
Could it be the calm before the storm? Roger J. Landry '92-'93 co-founder of Peninsula
...Storm-related losses have insurers worried about climate changes...
Projections like that could easily swallow up the $160 billion the industry has in reserve for catastrophes. A hurricane that squarely hit both Miami and Fort Lauderdale could cost insurers as much as $100 billion. Even a small strengthening of storm winds could produce dramatically higher insurance claims. By one estimate, a wind-speed increase of only five knots would have doubled the $3 billion in losses incurred during a 1987 storm in Europe...