Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...free-trade deal could prove to be the key economic event of the decade for both countries. Economists have estimated that by 1999 Canada could have added 2% to 3% to its gross national product under the agreement, and the U.S. about 1% to its GNP. Equally important, the accord is expected to provide impetus for free trade globally at a time when protectionist forces are on the rise...
...gaining a reputation as one of the best theaters in Boston because of the work of Artistic Director Robert Brustein, said George Gross, a friend of the company and self-claimed theater afficionado. In general Brustein puts on a few classic works but mostly different types of drama, he said...
...retrospectives on Kennedy on the anniversary of his death have lent themselves to gross sensationalism. One television movie, Kennedy, starring Martin Sheen, used as a backdrop to its logo, a red, white, and blue banner splattered with blood Geraldo Rivera has joined the fray with another of his infamous television specials, "On Trial: Lee Harvey Oswald...
Should we settle for that? No. As everyone now seems to recognize, we're dangerously deep in hock. The $2.5 trillion national debt amounts to 50% of our $5 trillion gross national product. There have been times in our history when that percentage was much higher and we did just fine growing our way out of the problem -- World War II sent the ratio of debt up to 127% of GNP -- so don't believe the people who tell you we're doomed. But we're nonetheless well into the discomfort zone. We've got to whittle away gradually...
...article "Gender Affects Views on Clubs" was for the most part an excellent and informative article. However, it included one gross misstatement. While most of the article clearly and directly stated the facts concerning the poll taken, the final conclusion read, "The poll suggests that despite statements by the anti-final club group Stop Witholding Access Today (SWAT) that the gender discrimination at the clubs is an issue of basic civil rights, the issue is identified with liberalism on campus." The implication of this statement--that because SWAT's cause is a liberal cause it is not a civil rights...