Word: importantly
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This colorfully animated British import appeals to preschoolers' love of animals and hatred of going to bed. Every night, Lucy, who lives down the street from a zoo, climbs out of her bedroom window to hear one more bedtime story from the animals. Young viewers will be so transported by the exotic creatures, they'll hardly notice the gentle lessons. Just be sure you lock their windows. --By James Poniewozik
...imposed an economic austerity program as tough as any the IMF might envision. In his first month in office, he froze prices of consumer goods and rents indefinitely and devalued the sol by 12%. The result: a decline in the annual inflation rate from 192% to 30%. He slapped import restrictions on food and luxury goods and raised the minimum wage by 50%, to about $40 a month, giving teachers a 22% hike and other government workers...
...trading partners. Later, Nakasone, speaking in both French and English before the Canadian Parliament, decried what he saw as a rising tide of protectionism. Likening international free trade to "a fragile porcelain doll," the Prime Minister went so far as to concede that Japan should be more open to imports. Officials of both countries later revealed that Tokyo had agreed to work toward the elimination of import tariffs on Canadian computer parts and semiconductors...
...interest payments. In spite of having increased revenue and reduced expenditures, the load of the interest on the debt has us traveling a vicious circle. If we could reduce the debt-service burden, we would be strengthening the balance of payments and that would give us greater capacity to import--and most of our imports are from...
...questioning reflects concern about the purity of Government decisions. Some legislators suspect that their efforts to protect American companies from import competition are being foiled by the back-room machinations of lobbyists representing foreign clients...