Word: aho
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Such trade restrictions have had a large cumulative impact. Michael Aho, a senior economist at Manhattan's Council on Foreign Relations, estimates that in 1981 approximately 25% of all U.S. imports were subject to some form of government limitation. Now the total is 40% and, observes Aho, the "tendency is definitely for more." On the other hand, Claude Barfield, coordinator of trade policy at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, lauds the Administration for its continuing antiprotectionist restraint in the face of pressure to enact much more sweeping measures. The latest White House trade initiative, he points...
...Crusaders'! From the village of Doughton, bless 'em all, a sheet-iron weather vane for Highgrove! From the far-off land of Tonga, a bedspread, presented by-I want to get this name right-King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV and his wife, Queen Mata'aho, and hand-knitted by the Queen herself; let's have a round of applause for them both! From the Sedgemoor district council in Somerset - how about this? - a ton of peat! A nickel-silvered - oh, this is cute - a nickel-silvered mousetrap in a diamante-jeweled presentation case from West...