Word: swelling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There are no devils left in Hell," the missionary said. "They are all in Rwanda." Actually they brought Hell with them; you have only to watch the rivers for proof. Normally in this season, when the rains come to these lush valleys, the rivers swell with a rich red soil. They are more swollen than ever this year...
...about 1.7 million Rwandans, out of a population of 8.1 million, have fled their homes. Most remain within the country, dodging the army, the gangs or the rebels, streaming along roads carrying clothes in plastic bags, mattresses on their heads. Last week, as the numbers of refugees continued to swell, U.N. officials were desperately trying to sustain the horde...
...three-strikes proposal, however, will affect only several hundred federal inmates each year. "We hope the states follow suit," says a Clinton aide, an inefficient course that could bankrupt those that do. In California, a three- strikes provision would double the incarcerated population, require 20 new prisons and swell the current $2.8 billion corrections-department budget by about $2 billion. "We can't afford it," says John Vasconcellos, chairman of the state assembly's Ways and Means committee. "There would be no California left, except for the police and prison state...
...intelligence in the process. Sometimes the slow triplets--TKP loved to play triples, for some reason--even conceal a useful, if cynical, epigram: "In all events considerations reach a point where resignation seems a way of getting everything you need..." introduces, mildly enough, a song whose chorus is a swell of despair. "I find/Words/Fail...
...welfare really so out of control? The recent recession helped swell the number of households getting Aid to Families with Dependent Children, the largest component of welfare, by 33% since 1989, to nearly 5 million. And most people's reliance on welfare is transitional. If patterns hold, half of today's recipients will be off the rolls within two years. Just 2% collect checks for more than a decade...