Word: wealth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vast natural wealth, the U.S. is dangerously dependent on foreign suppliers for a number of imports vital for defense production or high-technology equipment. President Reagan warned last month that "it is now widely recognized that our nation is vulnerable to sudden shortages in basic raw materials." Last week the Senate subcommittee on energy and mineral resources continued hearings on how to expand domestic production of strategic materials and start increasing the small American stockpile...
There are solutions for injustice in America; they include the redistribution of wealth and resources, and an end to paralysing discrimination. Those will not be easy goals to achieve--they have tormented America for generations. But they will come sooner if we stop sticking our heads in the sand, if we stop wishing that our deepest societal sicknesses were not "important...
...They're no longer dreaming of being kidnaped by pirates, they're thinking about the guy in the corner office. The core fantasy is wealth, power, clothes, travel and a glamorous career. But women still don't want to be responsible for their own pleasure...
...policy said, in effect: the U.S. could either embrace South Africa and apartheid, or continue with efforts to befriend black Africa, but not both. For years, the U.S. has pursued the latter course. Now, many black Africans fear, Washington will place more importance on South Africa's mineral wealth and strategic position on the southern oil lanes than it does on racial justice...
...Wealth and Poverty, Gilder