Word: grosse
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...Klerk, moreover, has expressed ambivalence when Zulu war parties known as impis have paraded provocatively through township streets carrying spears and other so-called cultural weapons. Professor David Welsh of the University of Cape Town believes the government is guilty of "gross negligence" for having all but ignored repeated recommendations that could have prevented the Boipatong massacre, such as maintaining police surveillance of migrant-worker hostels...
Ross Perot, who often talks before he thinks, is currently in his denial mode. According to Perot, the well-sourced stories of his bizarre behavior and shoot-from-the-lip policy pronouncements are either gross distortions or outright lies, the product of Republican "dirty tricksters" and their running-dog co-conspirator, the toady press, which just "doesn't get it." Of the many tales Perot disputes, one in particular is troubling because the nub of the idea he denies advocating...
Economists prefer to think of federal deficits in terms of their percentage of the gross domestic product. But here too, the news is not good. Back in the days of Presidents Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon, deficits generally hovered at a relatively harmless 1% or 2% of gdp, except for a brief uptick to 3% at the end of the Johnson Administration to help pay for the Vietnam War. In contrast, during the Reagan-Bush years, the deficit's share of gdp shot up to between 3% and 7%, meaning that government red ink was weighing far more heavily...
...misplaced. The worst thing about it, in Roberts' view, is that "it causes the government to keep doing the wrong thing to correct it" -- raising taxes of one kind or another and thereby inhibiting growth. "The deficit is only a problem if it continues to grow relative to the gross domestic product over a sustained period," says Roberts. "Even then, it would be acceptable if the percentage of gdp is lower than the rest of the world's, because our bonds would still sell well overseas." Foreign ownership of U.S. debt does not bother Roberts at all. Where he draws...
...stores across the country: fashions from South Central L.A.'s Cross Colours. The all-cotton duds sport slogans urging youths to stop gang violence (PEACE N THE HOOD) and stay in school (EDUCATION IS THE KEY). Best message: owners Carl Jones and T.J. Walker's success. They expect to gross $40 million this year...