Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...peices of positive economic news released today were virtually ignored by Wall Street. The government reported that consumer prices rose a modest 0.2 percent in September while the gross national product surged ahead at a 3.8 percent clip...
...today's U.S. economy is carrying a burden that was not so pervasive a problem in the 1920s. In a word: debt. America's level of borrowing among consumers, corporations and government has reached staggering heights. The current total is approaching $8 trillion, or almost twice the country's gross national product. "The increase of real debt ((adjusted for inflation)) occurred at about the same pace as real GNP growth during the '50s, '60s and '70s. But in the '80s it has occurred at double the rate," notes W. Van Bussman, a corporate economist for Chrysler. The current levels...
Brown University Dean of Fresh-men and Sophomores was put on probation for a year after being charged with "open and gross, lewd and lascivious behavior" earlier this month, police officers said yesterday...
...when the union's incontrovertible demand for "55% of the gross" was etched in Silly Putty, seven weekly paychecks were lost along with $200 million in league revenues. For 57 days Havoc hovered over television networks while Despair settled into gambling parlors and living rooms. But the autumn leaves were beautiful...
...their location, including use of the charts. The Delta crew, the investigators found, had followed only one of the six procedures. The Canadian board issued a similar plea and reported that five times a month aircraft crossing the North Atlantic stray off course by 25 miles or more. These "gross deviations," the Canadian board said, are occurring "with sufficient frequency for concern." The American board faulted both crews for failing to report the incident promptly, which left air controllers unaware that the Delta plane was off course. Delta suspended the pilot for a year, the co-pilot for three months...