Word: resorted
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...ministers of the 13-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries gathered under unusual circumstances last week amid lush tropical greenery on the resort island of Bahi, Indonesia. For the first time in the group's history, two of its members were at war, and the battlefield confrontation threatened to spread into the conference room, thus weakening the cartel's fearsome control over oil prices. But after a two-day meeting, the OPEC nations agreed unanimously not to let the war between Iran and Iraq get in the way of boosting the price...
Even though the Soviets are faced with all these compelling factors, intelligence experts believe that invasion represents an absolute last resort. A Western ambassador in Moscow asks rhetorically: "What would the tanks do after they got to Warsaw? They can't make the workers work." Indeed, it is more likely that Poland would become a giant welfare case leeching billions from the Soviet Union every year...
...Rosenblatt, assistant professor of English and a member of the Committee of Fifteen, was hesitant about discussing his past association with that disciplinary body: "Ah, yes, I guess. What does CRR stand for again?" At the time, Rosenblatt says he remembers thinking that the University should not have to resort to such a quasi-legal, formalized process...
...better guide to Soviet intentions was nearly drowned out in the alarmist din. With the Polish economy in a tailspin, the Soviets last week gave their suffering satellite $1.1 billion in hard-currency credits and $200 million in commodities. Most analysts believe Soviet military intervention is a distant last resort, to be used only in case of serious disturbances or a total breakdown of party control. Jozef Klasa, chief spokesman for the Central Committee, gave credence to this view when he said: "If the threat to socialism is real-and I think this could happen when authority slips...
Even if Hawaii can clamp down on crime, the islands will remain helplessly vulnerable to the soaring cost of jet fuel, which is the main cause of the rising air fares. Local officials fear that Hawaii may become a resort only for the very wealthy. Says Paul DeDomenico, president of Hawaiian Holiday Macadamia Nut Co.: "Some people say that tourism in Hawaii depends on the rich. That's wrong. It depends on the middle class...