Word: complexity
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...something like socialism," says Economist Robert Heilbroner, a leading socialist thinker. "But now, when I reflect on what is happening in the / 1980s, it is not so clear. There is a sense of a return to the market, because the task of planning in a modern economy is so complex...
...week's end the operation was at last under way, as U.S. pilots flew Leopards (as the special police of Bolivia's antidrug unit are known) on four raids. In the first one, 30 of the troops jumped out of two choppers near a 15-tent drug complex just as a Cessna aircraft was landing nearby. The pilot fled into the jungle, but his 17-year-old helper was seized. The raiders destroyed a log-frame laboratory where coca leaves were converted into coca paste...
...launching their dramatic operation, the Reagan Administration and the Bolivian government tackled a complex problem that seems to be beyond the reach of standard diplomatic or administrative efforts. Dissatisfied with earlier Bolivian attempts to eradicate coca fields, the U.S. State Department in June decided to cut Bolivia's $14.4 million economic support in half. Bolivian officials were hoping last week's raid would prevent any similar slashes in aid next year...
...moment and measures lunch hours, coffee breaks and even trips to the bathroom. At grocery stores, optical scanners not only ring up prices but also tell a central computer how many items per minute the clerk is handling, as well as other information. Even in factories where employees operate complex electronic machine tools rather than keyboards, computers can monitor the equipment and alert management about slow or absent workers...
...megawatt experimental version from 1967 to 1974. However, the Fort St. Vrain plant, 35 miles north of Denver, has had one breakdown after another during the decade since it began operation. But Lidsky points out that the plant is so big -- 330 megawatts -- that it needs as complex a cooling system as conventional plants. The reactor's large size, he says, has caused most of the trouble...