Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many critics of the Corporation say that even with the strengths of its individual members, it cannot serve Harvard adequately because it has never had a woman or minority member. The Corporation's distinction of being the oldest self-perpetuating body in the Western Hemisphere also makes it a gross example of the strength of the Old Boy network, critics...
...morbid fascination with the economy. Even during the Falkland Islands war with Britain, the major topic of conversation continued to be the pocketbook. People are also intensely interested in talking about Argentina's $43.6 billion foreign debt, which represents about 75% of last year's gross domestic product...
...economy within noninflationary speed limits." The economists predicted that the prime rate would move up a bit more in the coming months, to 13% or 13.5%, and then level off. That would be enough, the economists forecast, to moderate growth. The blistering 8.8% rate of rise in the gross national product in the first quarter was something of a fluke, caused in part by a rapid buildup of inventories. By the fourth quarter, G.N.P. growth is expected to slow to a more sustainable 3.5% pace...
Four years later, the Synthetic Fuels Corporation is in a shambles. Bankrolled by a onetime $15 billion congressional appropriation, the SFC has financed only two projects. In the past year, charges of gross mismanagement and top-level resignations have plagued the 175-member SFC staff. Michigan Democrat Howard Wolpe has gathered 188 House signatures on a bill to block the SFC from spending any more money until Congress figures out what the agency should be doing. Says Wolpe: "We have created a fiscal Frankenstein that is beyond the control of the Executive and Legislative branches...
...consistently interpreted events differently, and will probably continue to do so." It is disturbing that The Crimson seems to believe that outspoken leaders of certain minority groups speak for all minorities (most of whom have never had contact with these minority groups). This statement is also indicative of the gross characterizations of minorities which is responsible for much confusion. Certainly there are commonalities that bind all minorities together, but we must realize that differences do exist...