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...Older citizens tend to vote in greater numbers than the young, and the Census Bureau says the median age will rise from 31 to 36 by the end of the century. There will be many more very old Americans. For instance, Arizonans over 80 will increase their number almost fivefold in two decades, from 50,000 to 228,000. Nationally, the number of people 85 and older is likely to double, to 5.1 million. To accommodate this demographic shift, cities and states may adapt existing facilities to the new circumstances: Ohio, for instance, is predicted to have 624,000 fewer...
...magazine was expanded fivefold, with free subscriptions given to all all alumni of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and two yearly issues sent to 80,000 graduate school alumni. To pay for this growth, the University increased its financial commitment to the magazine, but it also charged it with raising substantial new revenues through advertising and donations...
...ruled Israel from 1967 to 1977. numerous Jewish settlements were established in the West Bank on sides near the Israeli border. Since Menchem Begin's coalition came into power four years ago, the number of Israeli settlements has nearly doubled, and the Jewish of the West Bank has increased fivefold. These new settlements have been located in the heart of the West Bank and frequently right next to cities with large Arab populations, And many of the new settlers have been religious Jews who do not hesitate to declare their intention to reclaim all of the Biblical land of Israel...
...euphoric as Forty-Niners striking a new lode. But logic does not govern this market. "It's terrible now," says Richard Lowrance, 23, a trader who fills customers' orders at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. "Since gold went over $350 an ounce, the volatility has increased fivefold. Our volume has dropped...
...business in America is having an effect on Congress, the administration, and the general public. Political advertising, political campaign contributions, and lobbying expenditures from the business sector--especially from the largest corporations--are growing at an exponential rate. In 1978, business political action committees raised over $50 million, a fivefold increase from their less than $10 million campaign chest...