Word: righting
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...America is a what-have-you-done-for-me-lately kind of a place, and we're spoiled to boot. Alan Greenspan, who's made all the right moves for at least eight years now and sold Bill Clinton on the deficit-reduction plan that turned inflation into Rip Van Winkle during this unprecedented expansion, got roundly booed by the markets for lowering interest rates only in his mind Tuesday. And the easily scared - politicians, mostly, and a few Wall Street pessimists - are screaming that a spring recession is nigh...
...polls primarily to vote for their own party, but this election is only for the post of prime minister. The rabbis may simply advise supporters of the religious parties, for example, to stay in their religious schools and study the Talmud on election day. (And reserve the right to bring down the winner if he fails to satisfy their demands.) Also, nobody yet knows how or whether the Russian immigrants or the Israeli Arabs will vote inlarge numbers. Support given or withdrawn by each of those groups has been known to swing an election...
...Another explanation is that his party faces a tough fight next year in the all-important state elections in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state, which is considered a key indicator in national politics. Right now his party may lose its grip on the state, which is where Ayodhya is located. And some believe that he may be trying to energize the BJP's base by reviving the issue. But it's a dangerous game, not least because his coalition allies in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu depend heavily on Muslim support, which Vajpayee's statement will alienate...
...food to feed the planet; the reason people still starve today are primarily economic, not agricultural), it notes that almost half of the world's population will live in "water-stressed" societies. And that's going to drive a number of regional conflicts in the coming years. Water was right up there along with Jerusalem, refugees and the future of West Bank settlements in the "final status" issues that remain to be resolved between Israel and the Palestinians, and it's also a key element of Israel's reluctance to surrender all of the Golan Heights in order...
...life being constantly under threat, "Global Trends 2015" was never going to be sanguine about the prospects for peace and prosperity in the years to come. (Hey, these guys have a budget too.) Still, their assessment is sobering. To be sure, even if they're only half-right, the one thing there'll be no worldwide shortage of over the next 15 years is bad news...