Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...life. Mired in perhaps the deepest farm slump since the Great Depression, American families are being driven from their land in growing numbers at a time when much of the rest of the U.S. is enjoying prosperity. Some 20,000 farms have been auctioned off since 1981, and the toll is rising. "There will be a bloodbath of farm foreclosures this year," says Washington Economist John Schnittker, a former Under Secretary of Agriculture...
...hand, their farms are less efficient than those run by larger agribusiness operators. On the other hand, most medium-size farms require full-time work, so their owners cannot easily supplement their income with other jobs. Troubles on the family farm are exacting a heavy psychological toll. When U.S. farm bankers gathered in Kansas City in November, one of the most well attended sessions was titled "Stress: Dealing with the Emotional Customer...
Increasingly, these issue dramas are being accompanied by elaborate public education campaigns, featuring such devices as study guides and toll-free "hot lines." A groundbreaking film on this front was Adam, a 1983 NBC movie about a family's search for its kidnaped child. Following each of the movie's two airings, the network broadcast a series of photos of missing children. Some 30 were found as a result, and the increased public awareness helped spur the establishment of a permanent national center for locating missing children. In conjunction with next month's telecast of Surviving, ABC * has produced...
...high court's flip-flop in the Stephens case reflects a deep fitfulness over capital punishment. "It takes its toll psychologically, and that spills into nasty memos," says one Supreme Court law clerk. Last year in one dissent, Justice William Brennan was especially bitter. "The court has once again rushed to judgment," he wrote, "apparently eager to reach a fatal conclusion...
...miles away. Flames leaped 700 ft. to a nearby Monsanto plant that produced styrene, a combustible ingredient of synthetic rubber. Minutes later the Monsanto plant exploded, setting off fires throughout the city. On April 17 the freighter High Flyer, also loaded with nitrates, exploded in the harbor. The toll: 576 dead, 2,000 seriously injured...