Word: growed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...becomes more involved with the girl, he changes his plans--instead of an asphalt garden, he wants a hot-house where he can grow flowers. He also changes his view of the war: "Someone must have all the maps and charts which make this killing worthwhile," he says in the beginning; by the end (he and the girl are shot by the Viet Cong), he is convinced that nothing could make it worthwhile...
There is less reason for optimism about prices. High wage demands are certain, a tax increase a possibility. Corporate profits are expected to grow, but at the slowest rate since 1961. Johnson appealed to both labor and management to avoid a "disastrous" chain reaction of wage-price rises, while the CEA put most of the onus on business: "The public interest requires that producers absorb cost increases to the maximum extent feasible." At least 700 union contracts are up for negotiation this year; the outcome can only be guessed...
...himself had pulled back on many Great Society programs, asked $3 billion less overall than previous congressional authorization schedules had envisioned. But his proposal for a 6% surcharge on personal and corporate income taxes, amounting to $4 billion plus, faces serious challenge. If it fails, the real deficit will grow. Also in doubt is his plan to sell another $5 billion in "participation certificates"-shares in Government-held mortgages and other obligations. To many members of Congress, this is a gimmick to hold down the budget size. And there is no assurance that the private market can absorb this amount...
Despite its vast size and tremendous impact on overall federal spending, the $73.1 billion military budget actually represents a leveling off in the U.S. buildup in Viet Nam. American strength in Southeast Asia will continue to grow, along with its cost, but the pace of expansion will decelerate dramatically for two good reasons. One is that the U.S. has already reached a high plateau of power. Of equal significance, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara reported last week, the Viet Cong, during the last half of 1966, "appear to have lost about as many men as they were able to infiltrate from...
...steamship company, the gold mines, a steel-fabricating plant and the main port complex; they own cattle ranches, cotton warehouses and thousands of acres of real estate. They have neutralized most of their potential opponents by creating a system in which they have allowed even their opposition to grow rich on the prosperity-but not to share the power. So strong is the Somoza power and confidence, in fact, that the current Anastasio-who is ready to switch from the diminutive "Tachito" to the more impressive "Tacho" of his father-does not even feel the need to rig the elections...