Word: growingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expense of the competitive, O'Connor focuses on the economic interests and political leverage of monopolies. Two economic pressures with major political ramifications emanate from this sector. First, the monopoly sector expands based on "increases in physical capital per worker and technical progress," not increased employment. Monopolies therefore grow without creating jobs, forcing the state to confront the needs and costs of high unemployment...
What then is the tax rebellion? Yankelovich finds three meanings. First, it reflects a personal crunch. Last year more people felt their income would grow in the following year or two than believed it would decline. This year the proportions are the reverse. So part of the revolt is a perception by the typical citizen that "my taxes and living costs are rising faster than my income...
...checks. The business, he says, "may look simple, but it is very, very complex, requiring significant economies of scale and control that take years to develop." Yet many industry analysts believe American Express is facing some tough problems: while there is less and less room for it to grow in the lucrative travel-and-entertainment market that it pioneered, it is confronted by rising competition there and in other fields from many companies, notably Citicorp...
...strategy, however, exceeded even the Army planners' cool calculations. Agent Orange not only blighted forests and crops, it also insured that nothing will grow in those areas for generations to come. After the spraying ceased, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) conducted an investigation of the environmental and human costs of Agent Orange. NAS found that the Army sprayed more than 10 per cent of the inland forests, 36 per cent of the mangrove forests, and 3 per cent of cultivated land with Agent Orange. The Academy estimates that 11. 25 million gallons of Agent Orange drifted over Vietnam...
THOUGHTS WHILE WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO GROW SO I CAN TRY TO SHAVE: Freshman intramurals already underway. Yardling Bill Lincoln recently nailed down the men's singles title in the 1978 tennis classic, while Emily Skoler prevailed in the women's division. Lynn Rosenbaum and Tory Kiani copped the crown in mixed doubles. The tourney attracted over 100 entries...Finals of freshman basketball tourney slated for tomorrow at the IAB in a 7:30 tilt...Speaking of hoop, varsity hoop coach Frank McLaughlin hopes some lanky newcomers can fill the conter-forward void left by graduation. Six-foot, ten-inch...