Word: beare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...covered with a thick layer of gray dust. It was impossible to tell, even at very close range, whether the bodies were Russian or German. Anybody who got out of this alive-and I counted 13 on their feet, plus a few wounded in the cellars-will bear...
...Mobilization. It is estimated that the military budget of Vietnam amounts to about 30 per cent of its GNP. It is inconceivable that without foreign assistance the country would be able to bear that economic burden, let alone have any resources left over to devote to development. Even though some reduction of the size of the forces may be possible as time passes, other budgetary items must increase. Military wages have been held down in a misguided attempt to limit inflation. In the future they must increase in real terms. There will also be a depressingly large and increasing item...
...Real wages in the public sector. In common with most countries faced with inflation. Vietnam has made the Civil Service and the armed forces bear much of the brunt of inflation by holding down wages...
Taken by itself, the entrepreneurial situation in Vietnam seems distinctly promising, in relation to its past. But one must bear in mind that it will have to compete with Koreans and Taiwanese, who lack neither skill nor energy. However, Vietnam also has its Chinese community. One sometimes gets the impression that in every successful Vietnamese business venture an attractive Vietnamese woman dazzles the public while an efficient Chinese partner lurks in the background...
...barely adequate Housing system. It is not clear that they are experienced enough in housing to handle large movements of people each year, much less the infusion of 300 more into the system over the next four years. Nor is it clear that they should have to bear this responsibility. With all its resources, Harvard must be able to do a better job of planning in housing undergraduates, with professional assistance if necessary, than it did this year. The unenviable task of smoothing out the housing situation and erasing its deficit will probably fall to Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president...