Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flood of imports -- more than 3 million last year -- has leveled off because the fall of the dollar against other currencies has made Japanese and European cars much more expensive in the U.S. While the cost of many Japanese models has gone up by 25% or more since 1985, Ford has been able to hold price hikes during the same period to an average of 7% (and only 4% on the smaller cars that compete most aggressively with imports). Still, Japanese imports managed to win 21.3% of the U.S. market last year, up from...
Ford will need a fleet of attractive cars to hold its own against the flood of rival models coming into the market. U.S. plants owned by Japanese companies, including Nissan, Honda and Toyota, are expected to produce 2.2 million cars annually by 1992, up from 618,000 in 1987. That will surely cut into the sales of the U.S. Big Three, which produced 15 million vehicles last year. Detroit fears the new competition because the Japanese plants, which generally employ nonunion labor, have been able to keep operating costs 15% to 20% below those of the Big Three. "We have...
...plan has recently become something of a political liability for Arias, Hakim says. Costa Rica has recently been the recipient of a flood of Nicaraugan refuges. That deluge combined with the country's current economic difficulties have made some Costa Ricans wonder whether Arias spends too much time trying to solve other people's problems, Hakim says...
...systems require special attention because they are designed to provide sound and light of broadcast quality, Clancy says. The sophisticated stage lighting directed at the speaker's platform can flood Tercentenary Theater with 50,000 watts of light, he says, more than enough to waken dozing dignitaries...
...weak dollar brings a flood of tourists to America. -- A Canada- U. S. trade pact meets resistance in Ottawa. -- Rustling flourishes...