Word: badly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During the past two years, Wolfe has taken his cases directly to the top. In April 1977, he alerted HEW Secretary Joseph Califano to existing FDA records linking phenformin, a drug used by one-fifth of all diabetics taking oral medication, to bad reactions in 190 cases and 93 deaths. Califano responded by invoking the "imminent hazard" law, which had never before been used, and banned the substance. Only last month, following another letter from Wolfe, Califano issued a sweeping warning about the dangers of DES, a drug once given to pregnant women to help prevent miscarriages that has since...
Last week economists and Government agencies began filling in some numbers on just how severe a slowdown in growth-or how bad a recession-the high interest rates are likely to produce. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., which had been predicting a 6% rise next year in business spending for new plant and equipment, adjusted for inflation, slashed its forecast to a mere 2.9%, a rise that would Create few new jobs. The Commerce Department predicted that total spending on construction will drop 6% next year, following a 1978 rise...
...Band-Aid and one magic bullet. The move to big intervention-selling gold, buying dollars-will barely patch a scratch. But the shift to tighter money, she believes, will be the real cure for the dollar's debilities. The trouble is, the early side effects will be bad: higher interest rates, which lead to higher prices for a while. In time, however, the stringent money policy will force inflation down and push the dollar up. What scares Whitman is that the turn to a more stable world monetary system may not come soon enough. People may panic and retreat...
...Bad as life was for Christina, it was worse for Chris. To smother his boyish spirits, Joan bought a "sleep safe," a harness-like gadget used to keep babies from rolling out of bed. Joan, however, had it modified for a growing boy and strapped Chris into bed every night until he was twelve. If he needed to go to the toilet, he had to call Joan, who was often not around, or persuade Christina to disobey orders and release...
...Edoras and Isengard are, and nonreaders are likely to lose their way early in the journey. At the end, Frodo has still not reached the fire mountain in Mordor where his destiny lies, and the prospect of a sequel echoes during the closing credits. That might not be a bad idea. But if Frodo picks up any more dwarves when he continues, he would be smart to choose Grumpy, Sneezy...