Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Frank Trippett's analogies to France, Germany and Japan are poor choices. Most of the U.S. lies south of much of Europe in a climate not always amenable to human endeavors. The choice is not cool comfort vs. "sweatshops"; it is gross national production vs. noonday siesta...
...forgo other purchases that would have a broad effect on the economy. Even now, studies show that consumer "confidence" is near its lowest level in 30 years. Because spending by individuals on all sorts of goods and services accounts for fully two-thirds of the nation's gross national product-far more than spending by Government and business combined-a sharp retrenchment in purchases of autos, houses and other big-ticket items would surely deepen the shallow recession that many economists believe has already begun...
...articles and testimony, Boskin, a Stanford professor, advocates a concise plan. Among his ideas: 1) reduce the size of federal spending as a proportion of the Gross National Product; 2) balance the budget over the length of the business cycle, accumulating surpluses in good years that can be used for tax cuts in hard times; 3) require the Federal Reserve Board to announce a "moderate and predictable" rate of monetary expansion-about 5% to 6%-and stick to it; 4) eliminate the personal income...
...already has black Africa's largest population (about 80 million) and most bounteous economy (1978 gross national product: $33 billion), as well as the clout that comes with being a rapidly emerging leader of the Third World. To those assets, oil-rich Nigeria may soon add another that is very rare in its part of the world: a democratic government...
Though the organizational network is loose and right-wing groups must compete with each other for contributions, the leaders often confer on policy and tactics. Frequently the host is Richard Viguerie, 45, the direct-mail conglomerateur whose enterprises in Falls Church, Va., are expected to gross nearly $20 million this year. Viguerie, who said last week that he will work for the John Connally campaign, is at once an adviser, technician and promoter for the New Right. In his mass mailings and monthly Conservative Digest-an indulgence that ran up a $1.5 million loss last year-Viguerie plugs the newest...