Word: tensions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...right. But in that case, Americans will just have to accept more of what they almost universally decry: more dependency, more wasted national and human resources, more generations of children growing up in poverty, more unproductive and unskilled citizens, more racial tension and, finally, a more polarized society in which haves and have-nots glare at each other across a widening economic and social chasm. And if that's not a national crisis, what...
Other guards said representatives of theServices Employees International Union havepropagated false images of racial tension in theunit...
...presence of magnetically sensitive crystals in the brain could conceivably explain the health problems some people claim are caused by electromagnetic fields. Until now, no one knew of anything in the body that could be affected by these fields. One caveat from a researcher: the magnetic fields from high-tension power lines, often cited as prime culprits, are not strong enough to affect the crystals his team found -- though those from some home appliances, like electric blankets, may be. Even then, the link is only more plausible than it once was, but still a long way from proved...
Other efforts to ease recent racial andinter-ethnic tension in the College continue...
...subsidize its farmers and thus give them an advantage over everyone from American wheat growers to Third World farmers trying to produce cash crops for foreign markets. There are fears that unless something is done to break the stalemate, the world will slip into commercial darkness and political tension. Warns GATT's director general Arthur Dunkel: "There will be major negative consequences for social stability and even international peace...