Word: growths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stake are the nation's security and its traditional control of the seas, claim Navy officials, both civilian and uniformed. They have been leaking secret memos and giving background briefings warning that the huge Soviet naval buildup of recent years requires a matching growth in U.S. seapower. These tactics have enraged the Navy's adversaries, primarily civilian aides in the office of Secretary of Defense Harold Brown. Some of them now refer to the Navymen as "bastards" and describe them variously as "stupid," "narrow" and "anachronistic." This name calling has not deterred the Navy from sounding general quarters and manning...
...Navy maintains, however, that the builders share much of the blame for what it calls "cost growth." The admirals cite low worker productivity at the shipyards, long delays in deliveries from subcontractors and an uneconomical and unwise expansion of productive capacity. Nonetheless, Navy Secretary Claytor concedes that "there is enough blame for everyone concerned...
...payments proliferated, but they increase in size with rising inflation−and they contribute to inflation by pumping out money to people who do not produce goods and services. Moreover, any effort to curb them is regarded as political poison. Yet until some way is found to reduce the growth of transfer payments, the chances of containing Government spending are slight...
...American Soccer League began in 1967-68, just nine Americans were signed on. This year the number is up to 234 Americans on 24 teams, a jump of almost 30% over last season. American players now make up 48% of the league's rosters-an astonishing spurt of growth and a solid indication of how firmly the world's most popular sport has caught on in America...
...dance companies, the U.S. now has about 850 in all, compared with some 450 only five years ago. But the key to ballet's future is the growth of professional companies, which not only train new talent but also new teachers. There are now 55 such companies, v. 35 five years ago, and two of the fastest-growing new entries are in middle-sized cities...