Word: totality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...latest effort by Colombian authorities to destroy the massive cocaine-processing industry that thrives under the green canopy of the country's jungles. By the time the ten-day campaign ended last week, Operation Primavera had become the most successful bust of coke labs in Colombian history, netting a total of 26 plants capable of producing 6.6 tons of the addictive white powder a week. Though the plants never achieved that level of production, the potential output is about three times the demand of the U.S. market. Boasted a senior police official: "This is a bullet to the heart...
...unemployment line; 88% triumphed with at least 60% of the vote, the classic definition of a safe district. The traditional levers of incumbency, augmented by the largesse of political-action committees, have created this modern version of a rotten-borough system. In the four House elections since 1980, a total of 1,740 seats were at stake, yet only about 30 sitting Congressmen were defeated for reasons other than redistricting and ethics. Old-fashioned democratic reasons, that is, like having a strong opponent or taking stands unpopular with the voters...
...total amount of cash that the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation will pump into the thrift to make it lucrative for the new owners is estimated at $1.7 billion to $2.5 billion. The arrangement clearly adds up to a sure-thing profit for Bass. American Savings will be split into two entities: a "good" S & L to hold $15.4 billion in healthy assets and a "bad" one that will liquidate $14.4 billion in sour loans and other assets. For a total investment of only $500 million, the Bass Group gets 70% ownership of the good thrift. FSLIC controls...
Some conservationists would like to see a total ban on the ivory trade. But that would be no easier to enforce than the laws against selling cocaine and heroin. Dealers bold enough to defy the embargo could anticipate higher | profits than ever. Moreover, poor African countries need the revenue from at least a limited amount of legal trading...
...about $60 billion, which would be contained in the federal budget over the next ten years. The Government would borrow $50 billion by issuing 30-year bonds to be repaid through revenues collected from S & Ls. Including the interest expense, half of which will be borne by taxpayers, the total package could cost $200 billion or more over the course of three decades...