Word: deficit
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...least the late editions), New York Timesman Tom Wicker put the proposition plainly. "Your policies in Europe seem to be encountering great difficulties," he said. "Cuba continues to be a problem. At home unemployment is high. There seems to be more concern in the country over a budget deficit than for a tax cut. In view of all these things, there is some impression and talk in the town and country that your Administration seems to have lost its momentum and to be slowing down and to be moving on the defensive...
...freshman weekend, which suffered a loss of $1700 in 1962, will be discontinued if the Class of '66 does not record a profit this year. After last year's freshman class incurred a deficit, the HCUA appointed a committee to study the Jubilee Weekend. The committee blamed the failure of the weekend on a lack of class spirit, but proposed to allow the activity to continue...
Although the Crimson garnered five points in the tournament, the official final score was zero. A penalty assessed because one wrestler failed to make weight had earlier given Harvard a five-point deficit...
...Krag's loyalty to his friends abroad hardly allayed his headaches at home. Racked by severe inflation, Denmark last year saw its trade deficit dangerously increased to $486 million, while its currency reserves were cut in half. In the last four years, Danish wages have risen 40%, production less than 20%. The stringent new economic program drew anguished cries from employers and the political opposition, but Krag curtly rejected the traditional Danish compromise. Krag's coalition government can undoubtedly squeeze the bill through Parliament by its usual one-vote majority, and the Danes will have to tighten their...
...Reporter, in the meantime, has run up a deficit of more than $536,000 despite the fact that it can get away with penny-pinching salaries, since 132 of its 283 employees still draw strike benefits from the I.T.U. and the Stereotypers' Union; the American Newspaper Guild shelled out $250,000 in benefits before cutting them...