Word: deficit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Colombia is still the showcase of the Alianza," says a longtime U.S. resident in Bogotá. "But it is a flyspecked showcase." Under the uncertain leadership of President Guillermo León Valencia, Colombia's chronic trade deficit has doubled, reaching a perilous $750 million; the cost of living has soared a staggering 45% ; and more than 10% of the labor force is unemployed. To top those troubles, Colombia's ruling National Front is falling apart...
Amidit the screams of 4500 UConn fans and the blaring of a 20-plece Dixieland pep band, Connecticut overcame a 38-35 halftime deficit and repeatedly threatened to pall away from the Crimson...
...mile produced the best race of the day as Jim Smith made up a 20-yard deficit and caught Dave Allen just as the last lap began. They ran head-to-head for 100 yards before Allen pulled away to win by three seconds...
...Conservative government had closed its eyes too long to a mounting trade deficit that by year's end seemed certain to top $2 billion, almost equivalent to the gold reserves of the entire sterling bloc (see charts}. Theoretically, few economists quarreled with Wilson's first, stringent measures to close the gap: a "temporary" 15% tax on virtually all imports reaching Britain, plus tax incentives for British industrialists who boost exports. Practically, however, Wilson could hardly have acted more ineptly...
...late in the first period, Hall caught Wells by surprise with a lightning take-down and near fall, gaining a 6-1 advantage. Stung by the unexpected deficit, Wells attacked fiercely throughout the final two periods, but Hall stood him off to take a 6-4 win and provide Harvard with an impregnable 14-6 margin. Hall's defensive tactics cost him a point for stalling and drew the anger of M.I.T. partisans...