Word: grossed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economy, which has never recovered from the war's devastation. Fluctuating commodity prices, ever higher inflation (now 30%) and food shortages caused by recent floods have aggravated the situation. An acute shortage of foreign exchange for the private sector, which still accounts for about 60% of the gross domestic product, has crippled industrial production and driven up unemployment...
...woes of banks have largely been caused by the combination of high interest rates and an economy that shows little sign of recovering from almost three years of stagnation. Last week the Commerce Department reported that the U.S. gross national product grew during the second quarter at an inflation-adjusted annual rate of 1.7%. Yet at the same time, the Government also sharply scaled back an earlier GNP estimate for the first quarter, reporting that the economy actually sank 5.1% on an annual basis during the January-to-March period instead of the initially estimated 3.7%. Moreover, the Bureau...
...measure, herpes is an extraordinary bug. "It is the ultimate parasite," declares University of Michigan Microbiologist Charles Shipman. Says Washington, D.C., Urologist Peter Gross: "If you were doing a science-fiction movie, you couldn't invent something better than herpes." What makes it unique is that unlike influenza and other viruses, it survives in the human body. long after an attack has subsided. Once herpes has found its way into your system, says Dr. Harold Kessler, a Chicago specialist in infectious disease, "it's your virus for life...
...intimate contact between infected and noninfected skin surfaces. This does not necessarily mean sex. Notes Kessler: "If a mother has a cold sore, she shouldn't be kissing her children or anyone else." Once inside, herpes reproduces by taking over the protein-producing apparatus of the host cell. Gross calls it "a biological coup...
...Lagunatics, as the locals call themselves with a fair degree of accuracy, this trompe l'oeil in reverse is a year-round obsession. With the help of 20 full-time backstage professionals, 500 volunteers put on the nightly exhibitions, which lure 300,000 viewers and will gross $1.8 million this year. The festival distributes $100,000 in art scholarships to Laguna High School graduates...