Word: businessmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Feeding the fears is a flock of boomy indicators. In March unemployment remained relatively low, industrial production rose strongly and housing starts increased. Businessmen also have been building up then" stockpiles, raising the danger that in event of an economic slowdown later this year, they might be caught with big backlogs and forced to cut back severely, causing a deep economic drop...
...recounting that story, Offner seems bitter. "It's like they (the politicians, businessmen and the media that represents them) are re-writing history," he says. "It's like none of it ever happened...
...policy of the government seemed to be: Don't push democracy too hard. At the same tune, Deng and his allies had a message for foreign businessmen hoping to profit from China's opening to the West: Don't push industrialization too fast. Japanese companies suddenly found themselves prevented from fulfilling 30 contracts worth $2.1 billion for plants and machinery, as Peking appeared to have second thoughts about its massive Four Modernizations campaign. The cutback also hit American corporations. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel, both of which were on the verge of closing multimillion dollar deals...
...American goods bargains in the world. After three years of almost no real growth, exports in 1978 jumped 18.5%, to $143.6 billion. More sales will be needed to help close the gap between imports and exports that last year totaled $28.5 billion. So now it is up to U.S. businessmen to take advantage of the lower barriers-and sell...
These organizations generally divide into two types. Many are primarily meeting, counseling and support groups for homosexual lawyers, doctors, businessmen, teachers, whatever. A person calling such a group will be put in touch with other gay males or lesbians with whom he or she can arrange quiet dinners and talks about professional or social problems. The organizations are particularly helpful for older gays who have no desire to patronize bars or discos catering to homosexuals, and whose life-style is far removed from the tight-jeans...