Word: adjustments
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...government's most important plan is a renegotiation of the relation of Puerto Rico to the United States that would preserve the colonial framework but allow some autonomy in setting wages, pollution controls, and tariffs. This "compact of permanent union", now before Congress, would permit the island government to "adjust" the climate for investment. Unfortunately, it seems that the possible "adjustments" would place a burden on the public: more pollution and lower wages...
...match also marked Levin's first encounter with a lefty. It took a while to adjust to her sinistral foe, but by the end of the first game, Levin said, she had adjusted...
Smith also used a full court press which the Radcliffe five did not adjust to until halftime, when the score stood at 36-27 in Smith's favor. The Northampton five repeatedly stole the ball as Radcliffe was unable to consistently bring the action upcourt...
...down interest rates; last week First National City Bank of New York cut its prime rate on loans to business by a quarter point, to 6.5%. Says Howard Stein, chief of the Dreyfus Corp., which has $2.5 billion in mutual funds: "The Fed is finally allowing interest rates to adjust to the needs of the economy...
William Murphy, director of Buildings and Grounds, resigned in September 1973, because he couldn't or wouldn't adjust to Hall's reorganization...