Word: growth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...growth of high- and extreme-poverty areas "epitomizes the social transformation of the inner city" as the proportion of people suffering from long spells of joblessness in the inner city grows. This concentration has, Wilson argues, a significant impact on the individuals and families living in these areas...
Bennett, while at Harvard labelled student course choice in the Core a mixture of "Luck, serendipity, chance, peer pressure and a kind of institutional negligence." But a student's four years at college are expected to be a time of growth; a rehash of the Western ideals already indoctrinated during high school, which Bennett proposed two years ago, does not seem like a worthy goal, as it would further close minds which should be opened with new information...
...eight years, the Reagan administration has funneled $3.2 billion in economic and military aid into Central America. Is it a phenomenal disaster that this money has not produced freedom and democracy, or even economic growth in Central America? Is it a mistake that all we have to show for our remarkable investment is protracted war, oppressive governments, increased drug traffic and economic and political decay? Or was this the point all along...
...bill would invite retaliation from other countries. Says Tim O'Dell, senior international economist for Phillips & Drew, a London-based brokerage firm: "The trade bill is not going to help rid the U.S. of its trade deficit. If anything, it is likely to slow world trade and hurt the growth prospects of the U.S." Opponents point out that, besides containing sweeping general provisions, the trade package is loaded with protectionist measures designed to benefit specific U.S. industries or companies...
...issues have such visceral appeal to workers as the plant-closing provision. Mike Dukakis, with his promotion of high-tech growth and labor management cooperation, has had some trouble convincing blue-collar voters that he can represent their interests. His declaration of support for the plant closing measure should go far in reasserting the Democrats' former hold on the blue-collar vote. Dukakis' support of the plant closing measure would serve notice that he represents the party of compassion, and Bush the party of privilege...