Word: grinded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Looking ahead, the steady march toward European unity is not about to grind to a halt. True, the 12 members are divided on some key issues, and a go-slow period may be in the offing. But that has happened before; no matter how alluring the vision or compelling the logic, the United States of Europe remains a distant goal that cannot be hurried even by its most enthusiastic supporters. In bad times as well as good, movement continues because the process has become irreversible...
Finally, instead of attacking Congress and the Bush Administration for continuing the last-minute federal budget crunch tradition the staff buys politicians' excuses that a budget must be passed now. The country will not, however, grind to a halt if Congress fails to pass the current bill by Friday. Congress will simply have to pass another emergency spending bill, as it has so many times before. It should do so if realistic cuts do not appear by Friday...
...Crimson travels to Worcester tomorrow to take on Holy Cross, before beginning its Ivy grind next Saturday at Dartmouth...
...same time, Iraq's semideveloped economy is likely to grind on in straitened circumstances for many months. The need for imported clothing and household appliances is not pressing. As the shortage of spare parts becomes acute, water and power supplies will only gradually begin to decline. "There ^ is scope for flexibility on Iraq's part for making do in a self-contained economy," says Marshall Wiley, a former U.S. ambassador to Oman...
...record peacetime expansion that has endured + for more than 7 1/2 years. In Washington the normally bullish U.S. Chamber of Commerce added its voice to the growing chorus of recession forecasters last week. Said Richard Rahn, the group's chief economist: "We anticipate that the economy will grind to a virtual standstill during the third quarter and actually contract by 1.4% in the fourth quarter." While Rahn acknowledged that "Iraqi adventurism in the Middle East is exacerbating this country's economic woes," he attributed the grim outlook to the tight-money policies of the Federal Reserve Board, which has kept...