Word: generously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are many safeguards against a sharper recession. Generous unemployment benefits and the rise of two-income families will keep personal income and spending high even when layoffs hit. The Government has set up many federal mortgage lending institutions that will keep housing from falling through the floor. Besides, businessmen have cautiously avoided the excesses that in the past have led to precipitate tumbles. Inventories in warehouses and on store shelves are lean, although Otto Eckstein, head of Data Resources Inc., notes that the Iranian crisis and fear of an oil crunch have lately moved some businessmen to stock...
...good alternative to the sweet soups. $1.75 gets you a huge bowl of soup that serves about five people. (One thing to watch at Shanghai--the menu doesn't indicate how many servings you get from each item, so ask.) Mostly clear broth, the soup contains a generous number of wontons and some big leafy spinach. The wontons were a little skimpy on the meat filling, but on the whole were very tasty...
...months became years, Giuseppe remained generous in his fashion. A childless couple wanted a baby. No problem," said Giuseppe. He thumbed through his nursery of a dozen or so offspring of diverse parentage and gave the couple No. 5's newborn child Massimo. Giuseppe's father-in-law Antonio was lonely and just a little envious: "You mean all these women are just for you?" No problem. Giuseppe lent the old man No. 6. Giuseppe's father Carmelo, a widower, was also lonely. No problem. In exchange for Fortunata, Carmelo, 64, traded his secondhand truck, worth...
...misses him. So do Nos. 1 through 8 (except Fortunata), two of whom are pregnant. Says one: "He loved us all, and he reawakened the joy of living and loving in each of us." Alas, the joy is gone, the game of love by the numbers is over, and generous Giuseppe sleeps alone in jail seven nights a week. That's a problem...
...this would be more sensible than specifying in great detail what equipment should be installed and how plants should be modified, as regulators often do now. Tax policies could be revised to spur investment. Economists quarrel about whether further cuts in taxes on capital gains and corporate profits, more generous investment tax credits or faster depreciation write-offs would be most effective. Probably some combination of all these approaches will be needed...