Word: indexed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was little doubt that the debate had been somewhat freer than Marcos had intended. The grace period of debate was his response to critics who argued that a referendum held under the strict regulations of martial law could hardly provide a true index of popular attitudes. Opponents of the new charter, which provides for a parliamentary form of government, fielded a range of articulate spokesmen, among them Jesuit priests and members of Marcos' own party. They argued-convincingly, it would seem-that the constitution would give Marcos dictatorial powers for as long as he wanted them (it sets...
...launched another of its many projects to relieve Depression unemployment. This time the target of its aid was the commercial artist, 300 of whom were put to work rendering some of the finest examples of native American decorative art. Over 17,000 drawings were made, and in 1950 The Index of American Design was published, using a scant 3% of these illustrations. Now the Index has been expanded into two handsome volumes that touch on almost every aspect of American craftsmanship and design, from the rocking chair to the weathervane...
...very clear to me that the work ethic is suffering from a glamour gap. As the occupational glamour index rises and falls at the public's whim, certain jobs go begging while others are coveted...
...elusive goal was reached at the climax of a surge that has lifted the index more than 80 points in a month. The drive has been propelled by unusually powerful forces: the hope of peace in Viet Nam, a strengthening economy, soaring corporate profits, diminishing inflation. President Nixon's landslide victory provided the decisive impetus. The final push began immediately after the election, and it hoisted prices on a broad range of stocks, from old reliables like A T & T to such solid glamour issues...
...encourage the susceptible, but mostly it was useful to people who needed an excuse to get drunk." Nobel Prizewinner Paul Samuelson views the feat as "a belated recognition of what has been happening to the rate of growth of the economy." The main question, he believes, is why the index took so long to break...