Word: growths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...inflating the Japanese economy: A growth rate of 7% [current rate: 5.7%] is unattainable. I see no reason to make unreasonable efforts to try to achieve this goal. No matter what new stimulatory measures are launched at this time, it would not be feasible to produce effective results before the end of the fiscal year [March 31,1979]. We will be working out measures to prevent a fall in exports, since this will have a big bearing on economic recovery here...
...year's budget, the White House is shooting for expenditures of about $530 billion vs. $492 billion this year, an increase of 7.7%, which is below the current inflation rate. To achieve that and hold the deficit to less than $30 billion will require substantial cutting in the growth of the budget; the President seems determined to do this. There are signs that he may even fudge on his promise to NATO to increase U.S. defense spending by 3% in real terms next year...
Ohira also said he sees little chance that Japan will meet the seven-per-cent economic growth rate for the current fiscal year, a goal set by the Fukuda government at the Bonn summit meeting of Western powers and Japan last July...
...students started telling me I was crazy, that I had a great thing, and should run with it," is the way Kaplan explains his incredible business growth. "People kept telling me that there was a gold mine out there, but I resisted expanding because I was afraid that I couldn't maintain the quality associated with my name." Finally, high school guidance counselors across the country started calling Kaplan to complain that he was not being fair to students outside New York...
Cautiously, and with the help of his son, Kaplan slowly began to expand in 1969. Just two years ago, he had but 15 centers; today the number is 80 and rising. Indeed, many of his brochures can't keep pace with his rapid growth...