Word: gross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...economy does not pick up, Britain, which started off the '60s as one of the richer countries in Europe, within a decade or so may be competing with Portugal and Spain for last place in terms of per capita wealth. In the past decade, Britain's gross national product has risen more slowly than any other European nation's, and the country has had the lowest growth in such consumer goods as cars, telephones and television sets...
...have comedies without novelty, gross satires without stings . . . and antiquarians that discover nothing...
...Edward Fox's Krogstad, a figure of understandable desperation. David Warner makes Torvald into a complex, insidious but always human figure. It is a performance of the foremost skill and intelligence, and includes a quick moment-when, with meticulous condescension, he mimics Nora sewing-that is worth a gross of pamphlets and essays on sexism...
Manufacturers believe that inflation makes a bit of glamour at moderate prices attractive. "What does the working girl do when she can't afford to spend money for regular clothes?" asks Ronnie Gross, president of a group of sportswear firms that includes Quips, Questions and Quotations. He answers himself: "She can either buy a lot of cheap, imitation designer clothes that don't fool anybody. Or she can go kicky, buy a flashy shirt, and say it is something for a giggle...
...Rickover, retired naval nuclear-power expert, who met personally with almost every Senator on one item or another up for grabs. New Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger did his part with Congressmen. Using charts, he noted that the outlay requested for fiscal 1974 was the lowest percentage of the gross national product since the end of the Korean War, plummeting from 12% to 5.9%. Expressed in constant 1958 dollars, Pentagon spending has dropped (see chart...