Word: tensing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There has been one scandal that adds up to major marks. The Politburo's once powerful economic czar, Guntar Mittag, and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski, a shadowy financial dealer and former state secretary for foreign trade, are suspected of helping divert to Swiss bank accounts tens of millions of dollars' worth...
Before the ominous S&L predictions had a chance to sink in, alarms were going off about other potentially monumental crises. A report by Budget Director Richard Darman warned that careless management at such agencies as the Veterans Administration and the Department of Energy may have allowed scandals rivaling the...
Since the first fusillade of stones and bullets two years ago, more than 750 Palestinians have been killed and tens of thousands wounded. Sixty have been expelled, and 6,000 remain imprisoned without trial. Israeli troops have sealed or demolished at least 400 homes. At the same time, the Jewish...
"Tens of thousands of people have been killed. Not only the six Jesuits, but also the women from the U.S., the workers...All of these people who are known to us through the TV and the newspapers are really deeper symbols of the people of El Salvador," Hollenbach added.
The first sight upon landing in St. Thomas is half a DC-3, broken like a baguette and tossed off to the side of the runway. Piles of debris remain lumped by the roadside in many places, but most streets are clear. This does not mean that traffic is exactly...