Word: adds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...added a prickly new problem to the list of matters to be discussed. The Administration had been having a tough enough time with the Begin government when the issue was Israeli withdrawal from the occupied territories of Egypt, Jordan and Syria. "Now," sighed one Western diplomat, "we can add Lebanon to the list...
...compete with foreign merchandise. Example: the prices of Japanese-made Hondas and Toyotas. German-made Volkswagens, even models produced abroad by U.S. makers (like Ford's Fiesta and Dodge's Colt) all have risen since October. Administration officials now say that the dollar's decline will add one-half to three-quarters of a point to the inflation rate this year...
...LEGISLATION. Increases in the minimum wage and Social Security taxes were known to be costly, but the impact was not appreciated until January. Those raises alone could add a full point to the inflation rate for the year. Prices at fast-food restaurants will go up because they employ many workers at the minimum wage. Says a high official of the Government's Council on Wage and Price Stability (COWPS): "This year will destroy once and for all the argument that the minimum wage is not inflationary...
...Murphy aims to increase G.M.'s already large share of auto markets abroad-notably in Latin America, Africa and Asia. But G.M. will invest 85% of its capital budget in the U.S., a slightly higher proportion than in past years. By next year's end it will add 30,000 jobs to its domestic employment rolls, which is particularly pleasing to the chairman, who was unemployed for a year during the Depression 1930s. Says Murphy, in the flat tones of Chicago, where he grew up: "When I see the magnitude of our spending, I can't understand...
...variety of creative productive elements add to the show, bringing it closer to the era it portrays. The costuming is generally good and accurate to the period, although the working class characters dress a little too well. Anne Fine's piano playing and singing and the occasional dance numbers convey a sense of false gaiety the action fails to achieve...