Word: baye
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fighting inflation is a relatively new challenge for the Bank of Japan. For most of the 1980s, inflation was a faint, distant threat. Low oil prices kept increases at bay, even while property values soared. The rampant speculation in land prices, in fact, which made slivers of land in downtown Tokyo worth a fortune, was a powerful engine for the stock market. Investors could use their real estate holdings as collateral for buying stocks on margin. Then they could turn around and use their stocks as collateral to buy more real estate...
...Sultan superimposed the infrastructure of a modern state on Oman's tribal society. In 1985, celebrating 15 years on the throne, Qaboos hosted a meeting of Arab rulers at the Al Bustan Palace Hotel, a marble-and-tile monument to Arabian opulence on a mountain-ringed bay near Muscat. It was a sort of coming-out party, signaling the end of Oman's virtual isolation from the outside world...
...ensure the purity of their offerings. Luma boils its pasta in filtered water. Santa Fe's Coyote Cafe serves goat cheese made from the milk of animals that eat only organic feed. Bernard Leroy, owner of Bernard, a French restaurant in New York City, even insists on using organic bay leaves to spice sauces. But the Paris-born chef is willing to compromise on sweets. "We can't go without chocolate cake or souffles, and organic chocolate doesn't exist," he says. "There are just so many desserts we can make from nuts...
...many Bay State Republicans, this type of attack is a little too much. Even the staunchly conservative Herald printed an unsigned editorial on February 17 attacking Soto, calling the demand for a public test "mean-spirited...
...Viet Nam withdrew most of its remaining 26,000 troops from Cambodia (though last week there were reports that several thousand Vietnamese troops and military advisers have since returned). The Soviet Union has also begun reducing its muscle at the former U.S. military and supply base at Cam Ranh Bay. Two weeks ago, the Soviet Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow was removing its MiG- 23s and TU-16 long-range bombers, while Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov said that Soviet air strength at the base would be reduced to five planes...