Word: benefitted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nearly five times greater than total U.S. exports and, if anything, the gap has widened. The large American multinationals, such as GM, Ford, ITT, Kodak and IBM, understandably do not wish to undercut their foreign operations by increasing exports of finished products from the U.S. To a degree, multinationals benefit the U.S. because much of their profit is returned home in the form of retained earnings ($20 billion in 1977). Yet in a world that still reckons trade on a nation-to-nation basis, the great productivity of the multinationals abroad does not help the appearance of the U.S. import...
...different approaches to the "Harvard experience." Freshmen had to contend with a torrent of unsolicited advice in late-night bull sessions in the hallways, over football matches and at meals taken in a common dining facility. At the time, many of us wrongly believed that there was some benefit to freshmen from being routinely associated with this diverse group of upperclasspersons...
Former FBI Agent James R. Malley, who was the bureau's emissary to the Warren Commission, was just as forceful in disputing claims that the FBI's assassination investigation had been deficient. Said he: "You have had the benefit of the Rockefeller Committee, the Church Committee, all of our files. Maybe you could tell me what you think we did wrong...
...family that earns more than $567 a month forfeits free medical care. Food stamps worth $48 a month are progressively reduced to zero at an income of $500 a month. Concludes Laffer: "Far from being an assault on the poor, a tax cut, along with some changes in benefit programs, would help lower-income groups...
...action is mandatory under an 1897 law that orders levies slapped on imports that benefit from subsidies at home and thus theoretically can undersell U.S.-made products. In 1974, shortly before the onset of the Tokyo Round of talks under the 84-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), Congress voted a four-year holiday on the imposition of the countervailing duties. The hope was that in the meantime the Tokyo Round would end and the dispute over subsidized exports be resolved...