Word: crunched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...whom happen to drive foreign cars) judged that the business slump and the rising popularity of gas-sipping models were more to blame. Said Commissioner Paula Stern, 35, a Carter appointee and former legislative aide in the Senate: "I have found that economic conditions-recession, the credit crunch, rising costs of car ownership-and a major, unprecedented shift in demand from large to small cars brought the domestic industry to its present weakened state...
...cent of the immigrants live in "overcrowded" conditions--more than one person per room. "Housing is very tough to find," Hector Miranda, director of the Concilio Hispano, says. "Many people originally staying with family and friends may end up moving to Waltham or other communities because of the housing crunch," he adds. And the Cambridge Housing Authority lacks bilingual workers, he says...
...Biology Labs, the Chemistry Labs and Williams James Hall share the honors with the Science Center; together the four eat up 30 per cent of the Faculty's total energy budget. The University built these structures before the energy crunch, and most of them--like the over-ventilated Science Center--reflect the lack of energy-efficient planning. But energy costs skyrocketed last spring--this year's budget for energy is half again as large as last year's--the Faculty commissioned a group of experts to propose means for reducing needless consumption in those buildings without affecting...
...think the only answer to that question--and it is an imperfect answer--is that we must allocate the unfairness to those who can best afford it," Sullivan added. The city's fiscal crunch is the "perfect example of the folly of relying on property taxes," he added...
...their season in the sun abruptly Crimsoned by the score of 22-7, the initial press releases from New Haven recall 1979 as merely a "very fine" season--mild language for pre-season publicity dispatches, particularly those of an 8-1 defending champion. Presumably, if the perennially powerful Bulldogs crunch the Crimson this year, they will have enjoyed a "great" season...