Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economy is far from ailing, but it may not be as robust as it seems. The Department of Commerce reported last week that the gross national product expanded at a 3.7% annual rate during the first quarter. The strong showing, though, was partly caused by an increase in unsold business inventories. This inventory buildup, the result of sluggish consumer demand, could be a sign of an underlying economic weakness...
...energy industry accounts for 20% of the gross state product, but farming represents almost as large a part of the Texas economy (19%). Texas farmers are in so much trouble that State Agriculture Commissioner Jim Hightower predicts that up to 20% of them will give up by the end of the year. The cattle business, one of the great themes of the Texas myth, has been struggling for a decade, in part because of public anxieties about chemicals in the feed and cholesterol in red meat...
...about teenagers traces a curious evolution of the adolescent spirit. The Andy Hardy series gave us romance without passion. The James Dean movies of the '50s offered passion without pleasure. In the "beach-party" pictures of the early '60s, teenagers got pleasure but no sex; and in the recent gross-outs of Porky's and its progeny, kids found sex without commitment. Decades passed, and movie teenagers never grew up, they just grew hornier. Were these flawless bodies and voracious libidos the true mirrors of teen age? Or did kids, even those looking for wish fulfillment in the dark, want...
These are just some of the gross problems that exist with the CRR. Students have always been united in their condemnation of this disciplinary body. They have boycotted it since its creation and should continue to do so. The Undergraduate Council has offered a proposal for a Judiciary Board that avoids the illegitimacy and arbitrariness that are inherent in the CRR. The CRR must be abolished and Michael Nolan must learn how to write factual, unbiased articles. Steven Nussbaum '86 Undergraduate Council
...labor shortages could worsen considerably this year as the U.S. economy starts to grow with renewed vigor. Government figures released last week showed that the gross national product expanded at a 3.2% annual rate in the first quarter of 1986, nearly five times as fast as in the last quarter of 1985. The sharp pickup in growth may prove to be quirky, but it got an additional boost late in the week when the Federal Reserve Board cut its discount rate, which is the interest charged on loans to member banks, from 7% to 6.5%, its lowest level in eight...