Word: cheapness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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First Israeli: "It's simple. We let the Israeli pound fall in value, allow free exchange of dollars, Israeli exports become dirt cheap, and in the long run the economy is strengthened...
...down and out in Mexico, New York, Hollywood and British Columbia. Even the success of his book did little to exorcise his private demons. By the time Lowry died, in the midst of an all-night binge, in 1957, he had turned to after-shave lotion as a cheap substitute for booze...
...imported steel is involved. Additional cases are likely to cover microwave ovens, Citizens Band radios, motorcycles and perhaps even granola from Switzerland. This counterattack is being launched with the explicit encouragement of President Carter, who seems to see an antidumping crusade as a way to protect U.S. jobs against cheap imports without violating principles of free trade. In mid-October the President promised to act vigorously on any dumping complaints that the steel men might bring...
...Pleasant Point, Maine, people are also building. New homes are being erected all over the reservation--cheap homes, but adequate and efficient for people who have historically used hand-made shacks with no plumbing or heating. A solar-heated house goes up on the hill overlooking the bay, a sewage treatment plant churns, an electric power station is being planned. A fish processing plant is nearly operational. A recreation league is being organized. A health center is working to provide the Passamaquoddies with good medical care. David Francis has been around long enough to see the improvement. So was another...
...Cheap to commit, perhaps, but staggeringly expensive for society to endure. Officials blame arson for more than 1,000 deaths and 10,000 injuries a year. Insurance companies estimate that in 1976 arson cost $2 billion in claims. As a result, fire insurance premiums have risen sharply in the past five years. Adding other, related costs such as business failures, loss of jobs and tenant relocation, Walter D. Swift, vice president of the American Insurance Association estimates last year's total arson price tag in the U.S. to be between $10 billion and $15 billion...