Word: developing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...store shelves almost bare, the ruble is worth about as much as Monopoly money. As increasing numbers of Soviets travel abroad and more foreigners visit the U.S.S.R., Soviets have been exposed to a wide variety of goods that they had not seen before. It's only natural that they develop consumer envy and try to keep up with the Joneskys. Even the government is getting in on the act. The Central Committee has started renting out government dachas, including Stalin's country house on the Black...
...over -- the indictment strikes some critics as tardy and tame. The Justice Department contends that it has been moving as quickly as possible, although last year it left $26 million unspent out of a fraud-fighting budget of $75 million. "These complicated white-collar-crime cases take time to develop," says Attorney General Dick Thornburgh. In north Texas alone, the Government is investigating more than 500 individuals affiliated with 38 different...
...networks and crash them. So it stands to perverse reason that hush-hush agencies like the CIA and NSA are trying to create such bugs as offensive weapons. The latest entrant in this quest is the U.S. Army, which is soliciting bids on a half-million dollar contract to develop tactical virus weapons capable of disabling enemy computers on the battlefield. The proposal has raised eyebrows among the military's hackers. Says one Army computer-security officer: "Many of my colleagues are quite surprised that something of this nature would be put on the streets for research rather than using...
KUWAIT. Last week's election was called to select a 50-seat National Council that is supposed to develop guidelines for the future of Kuwaiti democracy. Kuwait has been without a parliament since 1986, when the ruling family suspended it. Nonetheless, ex-parliamentarians called for a boycott of the election because they believed the council would be powerless; although government candidates took all 50 seats, only 65% of the electorate voted...
...build it, they will come." That rallying cry, from Universal's hit film Field of Dreams, embodies the sentiment that inspired Stein and MCA to develop 444 acres of snake-infested swamp into the largest U.S. moviemaking complex outside Hollywood and a handsome leisure world nearly twice the size of rival Disney-MGM Studios. With a partner, Britain's Rank Organization, and $640 million worth of muscle and imagination, MCA was ready to pose a serious challenge to Disney, on its own terms, for the hearts, minds and discretionary income of the 13 million tourists who visit Central Florida each...