Word: growth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...created some local surplus in products, and possibly this technological boom is a temporary solution to worldwide starvation; but we are playing the numbers game. At the current rate of increase, the world population will double in the next 35 years. Even assuming that we can support unchecked population growth for the next 260 years (400 billion people), the idea of regimentation, loss of personal freedom and destruction of the natural environment is a ghastly prospect...
...fifth time in 18 months, the finely balanced monetary system that is the foundation of Western commerce tumbled into chaos. The crisis threatened to paralyze the system of fixed-exchange rates that has been fostering a rapid growth of trade, tourism and general prosperity. For the moment, world leaders seemed powerless to devise a lasting solution. The all but certain prospect is that more, and perhaps worse, trouble lies ahead...
Eurodollars create a mixture of benefits and headaches. On the plus side, they provide a vital source of private capital to finance world trade and the growth of international corporations. They bankroll oil exploration, highway construction and even occasional European government deficits. Without them, Europe would lack the investment capital to sustain its present Dace of economic growth. The Eurodollar pool has also become a leading haven for nervous money. Fearful of devaluation, individual speculators and treasurers of large corporations swap comparatively weak currencies like British pounds or French francs for Eurodollars...
...Committee plans to investigate problems which may arise from "the increase of faculty and students, the widening and deepening of programs, the heightened recognition of the interdependence of various faculties, and the growth of plant and Budget...
...parity is almost assured by the vivid contrast between the mighty West German economy and the inflationprone French economy-menaced by excessive wage demands while handicapped by obsolete plants and an unfortunately anemic capital market. German Economics Minister Karl Schiller had hoped that his country's real growth would slow to 4.5% this year, but has lately conceded that it will run about...