Word: gain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...punish her for ordering the arrest in 1975 of four officials assigned to investigate the tangled business affairs of her son Sanjay, 32, she sought to provoke Desai's Janata Party into rashly locking her up. By so doing, the Times of India editorialized last week, she would gain "concrete evidence that when it comes to dealing with political opponents, Janata is no better than she." Then she could argue that her stay in the slam mer had purged her of guilt for abuses during her term as India's one-woman ruler...
...that be? Well, the production index began the first year at 100 in January and rose to 110 in December. The next year was flat, so the index also measured 110. No gain, right? Not really...
...fact, the average for the first year was about 105, and the average for the second year was 110. Thus, when measured on a year-over-year or average basis, the second year would show a gain of about five points over the first. Of course it would be more accurate to use the fourth-quarter-over-fourth-quarter measure, which would show no rise. If the forecasts of TIME'S Board of Economists are correct, next year's G.N.P. will rise about 2% year-over-year but will not increase at all in a fourth-quarter...
...company meetings have a theme, something self-evident and mildly inspiring, like "Change Is Our Greatest Challenge," or "A Taste of the Eighties." The theme is stated at an opening plenary session, which usually includes some reminder that the attendees are, of course, professionals with higher motivations than individual gain. Then the group moves into smaller rooms, called "breakout rooms" by hotel officials, for discussions of particular topics. Delegates typically reassemble at a working lunch, a late-afternoon reception and a dinner, every day until check-out time. There is a growing tendency to pack convention schedules tightly, for reasons...
...national popular vote, and never having won a single seat in Quebec, the NDP does not have a realistic chance of forming a government in the near future. About the most the NDP can realistically expect in Canada's upcoming election is to repeat its 1972 electoral performance and gain the strategic balance of power position in Parliament...