Word: boom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...populace is hardly the most sensible way to combat crime, and indeed may foster rather than prevent violence. As guns proliferate, quarrels that once finished with harsh words or punches now stand a greater chance of ending in bullets. Yet few southern Florida authorities are speaking out against the boom in gun ownership. In fact, many local policemen rather irresponsibly encourage residents to carry firearms. "If someone is confronted with a life-or-death situation," says Captain Marshall Frank of the Dade County department of public safety, "they should do anything to protect their lives...
...outlook goes, graduates starting to enter the work force now are part of the baby-bust generation, and they're going to be in a much better position to find jobs than the preceding baby-boom generation...
...economy expanded tremendously to accommodate the baby-boom workers. Consequently, when a smaller number of workers (the baby-bust generation) comes up behind, the question becomes, "Who is going to fill all these jobs that were opened by the past generation...
...much rhapsodic optimism. Many will show their dissatisfaction by turning to a third or fourth party, believing that the next four years are expendable, and hoping for something better in 1952. They fail to recognize, however, with what deadly speed history lopes from war to peace, from boom to bust. Rejecting the path of protest, The Crimson believes it must choose one of the two candidates whose election is possible. The Crimson supports the candidacy of President Truman...
...recent tax regulation will be even harder on first novelists, and is certain to curtail lesser-known writers' advances against royalties. The Hollywoodizing of publishing and the boom-or-bust psychology that pervades the industry have made it more difficult to place first novels and nonfiction without mass appeal. The Thor decision can only quicken this trend. Few publishers are likely to take risks on little-known authors without at least a guarantee of a tax break on his unsold books. First printings will be smaller, and second printings may become a rarity for trade books that...