Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...number who subscribe to this "index of alienation" has climbed steadily, from 29% in 1966 to 44% in 1972 to 58% today. The University of Michigan's Center for Political Studies asks opinions on similarly glum statements: "The Government is pretty much run by a few big interests ... Quite a few of the people running the Government don't seem to know what they're doing ..." The alienated again rise sharply, from 19% in 1964 to almost 60% today...
...could get rid of some of the variation between courses it would improve the (grading) process a bit," Whitla added, explaining that professors are informed if their average grades are higher than usual by a positive "course grading index" (CGI) and lower by a negative...
...offer well stocked appendices listing where to go and what to do after the fact. One of the best new books around is aptly entitled Fight Back... And Don't Get Ripped-Off by David Horowitz, NBC's leading consumer reporting specialist. The book boasts an exhaustive index of all federal, state and local consumer agencies, as well as a complete listing of the nations's numerous small claims courts, newspaper, radio and television programs and hotlines designed to bring grievances to public attention and create pressure for quick redresses. Nearly every paper across the country today has a consumer...
...economy, which grew at an unexpectedly strong annual rate of 5% during the fourth quarter of 1980, is now beginning to show signs of a new decline. The index of leading economic indicators, a harbinger of business trends, slumped by .8% in December, the first decline since last May. High interest rates and surging inflation are clearly beginning to be a damper on growth...
Economists believe the consumer price index, which is used as a guideline for federal indexation, often overstates inflation by perhaps 2% because it exaggerates the cost of housing. In his proposals last week, Carter recommended that the problem be partially corrected by using a slightly different Government price index. If this change were already in place, the 1982 deficit would have been $13 billion lower. Social Security recipients, Government pensioners and veterans, whose benefits are all indexed, will undoubtedly fight any change in the system...