Word: growth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forecast for further growth largely rests on the increasing conviction that the U.S. has started to make progress against its most draining economic problem: the huge trade gap. For the most part, that gap is the legacy of an American dollar that was too strong in the first half of the decade. That made foreign goods cheap in the U.S. and U.S. exports too expensive in other countries, and the resulting trade imbalance has created a heavy drag on growth. But in recent weeks economists have become persuaded that the nearly two-year decline in the U.S. dollar may have...
Cost-cutting has begun to slow the growth in health expenditures, largely by reducing the use of hospitals. But even the most aggressive advocates of cost-containment are beginning to worry. Which cost reductions are safe to make, and which stand a significant chance of harming patients...
Early this past week, my favorite newspaper called me up and asked me to reflect on my trip to the Northland. With some trepidation, I talked about my "growth" since then and told my side of the story...
...study, supported by five major philanthropic foundations, was conducted by a 15-member panel of doctors, social scientists and public health experts chaired by Federman, who specializes in the study of hormones and their effects on human growth and development...
...result of a snail-like pace and the desire to lessen disagreements, the council has deferred important decisions on key issues--like rent control and regulating commercial growth--until next year, just when campaign rhetoric begins anew...