Word: boom
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Wyoming (3): Uranium boom and missile-base construction brought in new workers, bolstered unions, boosted voter registration, and the Democrats have been working hard to organize them. KENNEDY...
...Mexico (4): Strong labor, a boom in voter registration and a slump in the construction industry make the difference. KENNEDY...
Much of the boom in services is a natural outgrowth of the success of the durable goods producer's assembly lines. Nearly $18 billion was spent on autos and auto parts last year, and U.S. motorists paid another $6 billion for servicing them. Nevertheless the prospect of consumers' spending more and more of their money for green fees and plane rides instead of new cars and bigger TV sets is not a happy one for the makers of durable goods. The auto industry has already begun to fight back for a bigger share of the consumer...
Some economists contend that the service boom is detrimental to U.S. growth, that spending money on haircuts for poodles and diaper service does not add to the base of real wealth. Economist Grover W. Ensley, executive vice president of the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, takes the opposite view: "Today a large segment of service expenditures goes for medical care and education, which represent investments that are very productive in improving the future output of the nation. Even money spent on beautification of the fairer sex may turn out very productive in the long...
...population boom in these suburban counties, which include Westchester and Rockland also, has sent registration figures soaring, making this area the wheel on which the state turns politically...