Word: forme
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...they have abolished unemployment?but at the cost of heavily overstaffing every office and factory with workers who seldom can be fired for failing to produce. Bureaucratic controls further cripple efficiency, and managers have little leeway for innovation. Consumer goods are still shoddy and chronically scarce. Long lines form immediately in Warsaw, Prague, Havana, Moscow and other Communist cities at rumors that a shop is about to receive a shipment of such coveted goods as shoes, fresh fish or fruit. Communist leaders boast that their citizens are immune to inflation; but, in fact, continual price hikes are merely artfully concealed...
There are signs that Norwegians worry about too much socialism. The growing tax burden apparently prompted segments of the working class to vote conservative in the last two parliamentary elections. A more widespread form of protest is tax evasion. One method is to avoid cash transactions whenever possible. A clothier and a farmer, for example, exchange a new suit and a side of beef; a dentist fills the teeth of an auto mechanic in return for a car lubrication. Another method is "black labor." Example: a company wishing to redecorate its offices pays cash for the work, but does...
...appeal. They are even allowed, within discreet limits, to compete with one another on price and delivery dates. As an incentive for managers and employees to design, manufacture and market high-quality goods, the party's economic planners often use an old capitalistic ploy: material rewards in the form of bonuses and wage hikes...
...week's end Berlinguer's Communists were still debating whether or not Andreotti's offer was attractive enough for them to help him try to form Italy's 39th government since the collapse of Fascism...
...theory - and so far in practice - the parties that win Round 2 command broad enough support to form stable governments...