Word: felling
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...biggest setback came in California, where Proposition 128, Big Green, was defeated almost 2 to 1. A second measure, Forests Forever, designed to ban clear-cutting and save old-growth forests and redwoods, lost by a narrower margin. In part they fell victim to a backlash against the sheer number of ballot propositions -- 28 in all -- that Californians had to contend with in the voting booth. "They voted no on everything," laments Lynn Sadler, campaign director for Forests Forever. Big Green was a ballot buster all by itself, a 16,000-word laundry list of aims, including...
While the Fiorentinos have more debt than the average U.S. family, their situation is becoming increasingly common. Most Americans have had to rely on borrowing to pursue their dreams because real wages for middle- and low-income workers fell 12.4% between 1972 and 1988, a time when real estate prices were rising relentlessly. While consumer spending grew no faster in the 1980s than it had in the previous two decades, consumers were forced to borrow with a vengeance to make up for eroding income. As a result, the total debt of the average U.S. household rose from the equivalent...
...consumer caution will have its victims. Lenders will have fewer eager borrowers. Automakers and retailers will suffer from slower sales as customers make do with what they have. Last week major retailers reported dismal revenues for the month of October. One hard-hit firm, J.C. Penney, said its sales fell 6.3% from the same month in 1989. Shoppers are particularly avoiding such discretionary items as clothing and furniture. At a time like this, consumers are apparently finding that the thrill of shopping is nothing compared with the satisfaction of paying off some debt on an overburdened credit card...
...order to win, Gantt needed a heavy turnout of blacks, who make up 19% of the state's electorate and normally vote Democratic. That he got. But Gantt also needed at least 40% of North Carolina's whites. There he fell short by five points. The fractious campaign produced a huge vote in white precincts and an overall total of 52% to 48% in Helms' favor. The margin, like the strategy, was almost identical to Helms' three previous victories...
Singh's government fell after only 11 months when issues of caste and religion erupted into violence over rival Hindu-Muslim claims to the site of a mosque at Ayodhya. Winning the support of less than half of the 140 Janata Dal members, Chandrashekhar will be dependent upon the opposition Congress (I) Party and its allies...