Word: gross
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think gifts are the major need for the establishment of good relationships. We need trade agreements, and maybe a foreign aid expenditure equivalent to one-half of 1 % of our gross national product, plus a reorientation of the ultimate beneficiaries of that foreign aid. One of my advisers has said that we should no longer tax the poor people of a rich country to give aid to the rich people in the poor countries. I think that's what we have been doing. We also have very little predictability with respect to foreign aid. We lack openly expressed...
...their debts; that the IMF and similar institutions increase their lending without requiring borrowers to practice various economies at home; that debt-service burdens be eased by stretching out repayment schedules; and that the developed countries double direct aid and low-interest loans, to 0.7% of their aggregate gross national products...
...overnight. Can it be done? Iran would seem to have a chance if any nation does. Using its vast oil revenues, the country is well into a bold $70 billion, six and a half year development program. New industries, notably steel, autos and synthetic fibers, helped Iran to boost gross national product to a record $54 billion last year (from $26 billion in 1973) and raise per capita income to a healthy $1,570 (from $806); just about any adult in the population of 36 million can find a job. Yet for all that, Iran has run into monumental problems...
Jerry Ford, who in many ways has proved quite responsive to the times in which he lives, has presented the profiles of his health, his spirit, his mind, his family with unprecedented candor. Just last week he revealed that 42% of his gross income of $250,000 was paid last year in federal, state and local taxes-a total of $106,500. In the old days that was not done. But now it is a necessary measure of whether a politician puts his money where his mouth is, the enduring test of sincerity...
...class of 179, Hartman needed extraordinary dedication to overcome his handicap. In accepting him, Temple waived only a few visual skills-for example, reading X rays. Otherwise, he was required to fulfill all the requirements. That forced Hartman to use considerable ingenuity. In gross anatomy classes, for instance, to take advantage of the sensitivity of his fingertips, he shunned the rubber gloves worn by his classmates when poking around in cadavers-until his fingers became numb from the preservative formaldehyde...