Word: swelled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From Tokyo to Brasilia, leaders dream of building advanced aerial weaponry to swell their arsenals and boost military sales abroad. While thinking big, however, they often give little thought to the ultimate cost. India is investing up to $4 billion to build a lightweight fighter that will become the backbone of its air force in the late 1990s. Japan is debating whether to spend up to $10 billion on its proposed FSX fighter or buy comparable U.S. versions for as little as half the price. France continues to push ahead with its $5.8 billion Rafale fighter even though German, British...
...Justice John Paul Stevens, the dissenters branded the decision a "loose cannon." They charged that it would discourage the passage of important land regulations, "even perhaps in the health and safety area," and predicted that it would generate a swell of unproductive litigation. Indeed, the court returned the Glendale suit to California courts to determine whether the stringency of the county ordinance amounted to a confiscation or whether the ban was a reasonable safety regulation...
...American frigate caught with its defenses down by an Exocet missile seemed, on one level, nothing more than a tragic accident. No harm intended. No one really to blame. Regret and reparations offered. Yet, curiously, the fact that the tragedy seemed so dreadfully meaningless caused its ripples to swell and become more troublesome as the week wore on. A nation that had committed itself to building an expensive 600-ship Navy began to worry whether the ships might be sitting ducks whenever they sailed into harm's way. A nation that has been unable since Viet Nam to feel truly...
This is the big opportunity Beverly Hills Cop II misses. For there is an inherent problem about any sequel that too slavishly duplicates the style and substance of its predecessor; it cannot deliver the delight of discovery that the original provided. Axel made a swell first impression, but he is still living on it, perhaps not yet a bore, but not quite as fascinating as he once promised to be. This is not going to bother the apparently vast audience that now exists for twice-told tales about familiar figures. And it makes life easy for the guys in marketing...
...raised. One ploy Congress is almost certain to consider, though, is a steeper "sin tax" on such items as alcohol and tobacco. A congressional study has estimated that raising the federal excise tax on each bottle of wine and six-pack of beer by around 50 cents could swell coffers by more than $4 billion, while a 16 cents increase on each pack of cigarettes could bring in $2.9 billion...