Word: growths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pride, and yet he remains a universal character. To Levine, as to Halberstam, ethnicity and personal background are important parts of life, and learning to cope with them--when to use them as a form of instinct, and (more important) when to ignore them--is the key to personal growth...
Some observers are afraid that growth of prepaid legal services will lead to skyrocketing costs or abuse by some attorneys. "If you think doctors are bad, wait until you see us operate," chuckles one lawyer. There is a shortage of doctors in a number of areas, but many lawyers are underemployed...
Problems of morale aside, Czechoslovak leaders face nagging signs of economic stagnation. On the face of it, the economy is performing respectably, with an annual growth rate averaging 5.5%. But the country has been losing its share of Western hard-currency markets for its principal exports, which include glassware, engineering machinery and textiles. Capital investment has been minimal, and many factories are obsolete. Decentralized planning, economic incentives and worker participation were intended to be keystone policies of the Dubček government. In a highly bastardized form, they have been revived by Finance Minister Leopold...
...closely resembling it, was found in water from an air conditioning cooling tower atop the Indiana University Memorial Union Hotel, where many of the victims had stayed, as well as in a nearby creek. The key to the discovery: two new culture media specifically designed to foster laboratory growth of the bug, which ordinarily multiplies so slowly that it is obscured by other bacteria...
...westerns, mysteries and a few novels were sold mainly in drugstores and on newsstands. The 1950s saw the emergence of "trade" or "quality" paperbacks. They were the inexpensive, soft-covered reprints of classics, serious novels and texts that heralded the so-called paperback revolution. Readership climbed steadily with the growth of the college-educated population. Last year's industry figures indicate that more than 530 million paperbacks were sold, between 60% and 80% bought by women mainly in the 18-to-34 age range...