Word: growth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...long way off and that many basic questions must first be answered. While angiogenin is "cardinal to the process" of blood-vessel formation, he says, the protein is different from other known angiogenic factors that may work at different stages of the process. If so, controlling excessive blood-vessel growth in patients with cancer or other ailments could prove to be a complicated business. In any case, the next step for researchers will be to produce enough angiogenin for study. Right now, Vallee has no more than 100 micrograms (.0000035 oz.) of the precious substance, but he hopes...
...size and the popularity of its products, General Foods has been viewed as ripe for takeover, in part because of its generally lackluster management. Cruising in the food industry's slow lane during the past five years as its competitors stepped up marketing efforts, the firm's sales growth averaged less than 4% from 1979 to 1984, while the rest of the industry was setting a 10% to 12% pace. Earnings slipped sharply during the quarter ending in June, falling to $77 million from $111 million a year earlier. Says William Leach, an analyst with Wall Street's Donaldson Lufkin...
...five-year economic plan, the seventh since the Communists came to power in 1949. It too reflected Deng's modernization drive, with continued commitment to foreign investment and more trade and a renewal of efforts to stimulate production by loosening central controls. The plan calls for a restrained annual growth rate of 7%, compared with an average 10% during the past five years, a period when the Chinese economy overheated...
...restricted reform program. In last week's speech he suggested that Deng's rural reforms, which allow peasants considerable economic freedom, could lead them to stop growing food and turn to more lucrative industrial endeavors, like making tools, furniture, clothing or even traditional handicrafts. Chen also criticized the moderate growth rates envisaged by the new five-year plan and the regime's reliance on market forces in regulating the economy, saying, "Market regulation involves no planning, blindly allowing supply and demand to determine production." Finally, Chen emphasized his support of free speech within the party's councils but added...
...time looked right last week to begin a devaluation campaign. At its peak in February, the dollar was selling at a far higher price than could be justified by any calculation of economic growth and inflation rates. A slow and irregular decline set in. Money traders, who were already debating how much further the dollar might fall and how fast, pounced on last Sunday's five-government announcement as a signal to start selling greenbacks immediately. In New York some traders came to work at 10 p.m. Sunday to be on hand for the opening of the Hong Kong...