Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Virginia. Republican Governor John Daton last week vetoed a hotly contested bill that would have provided funds for abortions in cases of rape, incest or gross fetal abnormality. The Governor felt the bill was too liberal. Lieutenant Governor Charles Robb, a probable Democratic nominee for Governor this year, had cast the tie-breaking vote in the state senate for the bill. Baptist Preacher Jerry Falwell of Lynchburg, leader of the Moral Majority, called Robb's vote "shocking and unexpected" and vowed it would end Robb's chances of election...
...best evidence of the economy's vitality was the preliminary figure for the gross national product in the first quarter. Administration officials project an increase in the G.N.P. at an annualized rate of 5%. Although few forecasters expect the economy to maintain that relatively torrid pace throughout the year, Otto Eckstein, president of Data Resources, a business consulting firm, believes that the first quarter's results were a sign that the economy may slow down but will not contract this year. Says Eckstein: "I don't see any negative quarters...
...seem to be comfortable with dullness, says Troise). Printing and mailing costs ate up the income. The organizers figure they made about $100 apiece. "Wefutzed around with T shirts for a while," says Glanting, but the only size that sold was extra large, and "who wants to have ten gross of T shirts in his living room?" Glanting was losing money skipping work, and he says that he turned down requests for appearances from Tom Snyder's Tomorrow show and Dr. Joyce Brothers...
...president of thriving Columbia Pictures (The Blue Lagoon, Stir Crazy), calls movies "a dating phenomenon." Who goes on dates? Who goes to the movies? Overwhelmingly, the young: 76% of all moviegoers are between the ages of twelve and 29. Some are even younger: Popeye made $45 million of its gross from discriminating film lovers under twelve...
...only to students who have actually proved "financial need," in very much the same way that colleges now determine eligibility for scholarship funds. Students and parents will be expected to contribute a certain amount of money to education each year on the basis of the family's adjusted gross income. The borrowing limit will be the difference between the required family contribution, plus any college scholarships and work-study assistance a student has been granted, and the total cost of the education. In short, applying for a loan will be more like applying for a grant or a scholarship...