Word: grow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...heated maneuvering continued. People Express Chairman Donald Burr later said the parent company had canvassed "every other available alternative," including the possible sale of Frontier to other parties. Eventually, rumors began to grow that Newark-based People, which only five years ago threw the entire passenger-airline industry into a tailspin, might itself be quietly on the backroom auction block...
Papal favor has positioned C.L. well for expansion. Already the group is active in more than 20 countries and steadily growing, especially in Latin America. In the U.S., there are about 150 members, mainly in large Eastern cities. New York City's John Cardinal O'Connor, an ardent preacher against American materialism, went to Rimini last year and, impressed with what he saw, promised his support. The group's strong Italian identity, however, may hamper its effectiveness elsewhere. Says a Vatican spokesman: "They must de- Italianize their terms to grow in the world...
Japan's farmers each year grow more rice than the nation's citizens can eat. Yet rice can be sold only under government license, and consumers pay about three times the average world price...
...that seems to get ever stickier. Communist nations have agricultural headaches too, but theirs stem from too little production caused mainly by a lack of incentives for farmers. The root problem in the free world is the exact opposite: high price supports and other subsidies have encouraged farmers to grow bigger crops than markets can absorb. In Western Europe, for example, agricultural output has been growing four times as fast as food consumption; in the U.S., farm production has far outpaced the 1% annual population growth...
...Reserve are basically made up of part-time soldiers paid by the Pentagon on a daily basis, their availability is a bargain. On the average, guardsmen spend 46 days a year on active duty; that includes one weekend each month plus a two-week outing. While the Army cannot grow beyond the 781,000 officers and men authorized by Congress, the National Guard now has 440,000 and the Reserve 242,000. Those two forces may soon surpass the manpower of the regular Army. The numbers have virtually forced the Army to assign National Guard units to combat roles. Fully...