Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...rich kingdom at Saddam's mercy. But the resolve Bush projected was perceived as firm, in part because he waived the Metzenbaum amendment -- a restriction on the sale of U.S. jets to the Saudis. Coupled with the satellite intelligence showing that Saddam's forces were positioned to strike the Saudis, that action turned King Fahd into a believer, and U.S. troops were promptly invited to defend Saudi Arabia...
...question is how hard the oil shock will strike an economy that is already staggering. So far, crude-oil prices, which closed at $26.23 per bbl. last week, have jumped about 40% in recent weeks. For the moment, that is far less than the price hikes of the 1970s, which reached more than 300%. Those oil shocks gave rise to the dread combination of high unemployment and double- digit inflation, which became known as stagflation...
...control laws and the slew of social ills that are at the core of urban warfare. "People know that I'm not responsible for the crime rate," says Dinkins. "They know that crime is directly attributable to drug addiction." The mayor may well be right. But Dinkins' statements strike many New Yorkers as a dismaying confession that government has no remedy for the mayhem that has made toddlers unsafe in their own homes...
Fearing that this appalling state of affairs can only get worse, the victims at last have begun to strike back. Often with the backing of ecological watchdog groups, grass-roots organizations are taking on the waste managers, using public relations and the law as their major weapons...
...young Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland were making a movie about stagestruck kids today, they probably wouldn't mount a musical in the backyard and wait for lightning to strike. Nor would they necessarily look for a summer-stock barn or tent, like so many fledgling players of times past. Instead, the tyro tap dancers, crooners and thespians would probably hie themselves to the nearest theme park or cruise ship to audition for a job. Theme parks may be more conspicuous for flume rides and cotton candy, and cruise ships may be best known for bingo and buffets. But they...