Word: bulks
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Baby Boom. Until recently there was a torrent of young Japanese flowing into the work force-the product of the "baby boom" of the late 1940s and early 1950s. But because the yearly birth rate has subsequently dropped by 50%, the bulk of today's labor force is aging rapidly. In 1970, working males in the 45 to 64 age group accounted for 26.8% of the total. By 1980 the same group will form 33.9%. Since the lifetime employment system rewards seniority, labor costs must rise as the proportion of older workers grows-a worrisome prospect in a heavily...
...leaving tens of thousands of savers wondering when, if ever, they can get their money out. It happened late last month in Mississippi, and the case serves as a reminder that there are still some holes in the vaunted system of federal insurance that generally makes the great bulk of deposits in banks and savings and loan associations totally safe...
...bits; several other towns have agreed not to send even a single man into service. One officer writes about the "invincible dislike of all ranks of people to the American service." John Wesley, the Methodist leader, who is not himself pro-American, has written to a friend: "The bulk of the people heartily despise His Majesty and hate him with a perfect hatred. They wish to imbrue their hands in his blood...
...bitterness of the fighting and its undertones of religious fervor surprised and repelled not only foreigners but the Lebanese as well. Of more than 20,000 dead, the bulk were civilians caught in crossfire. Prisoners were rarely taken. Many people were summarily executed on the basis of religious affiliation. Bodies were often mutilated. Christians imagined themselves being pushed into the sea by a Moslem tide. Palestinian guerrillas, righting alongside the predominantly Moslem left, saw the grim possibility of another Black September, a reference to their losing battle in 1970 with King Hussein's troops in Jordan. Lebanon, the Palestinians...
...been one of the most important weapons of American intervention abroad. The bulk of its covert operations and funds have been directed toward interfering with free elections all over the world and toward providing military and financial support for dissident groups favored by American policy makers, such as the neo-fascist Italian general Miceli. The responsibility for these abuses--interfering with elections, directing coups and assassinations, training foreign secret police in torture techniques--lies with the administrations that have directed foreign policy, and particularly with Kissinger during his tenure as National Security Advisor. Hence the CIA cannot be reformed merely...