Word: indexes
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January's unexpected I percent rise in the Producer Price Index for finished goods was the biggest monthly increase since an identical surge in October 1985, and the Labor Department said it was equivalent to a 12.7 percent annual rate of inflation...
...Producer Price Index for finished goods had risen 4 percent during 1988, the steepest climb in seven Years and nearly double the 2.2 percent increase posted in 1987. Many private economists expect further increases this year, although not at the double-digit levels that plagued the nation...
...eternal part of the human condition, the struggle for dominance will always continue. But the focus has shifted. In a world growing ever more complex and interdependent, it has become the control of information, expertise, and technology, rather than military power, that is the index of true power. As the Industrial Revolution ended the ancient, "eternal," institution of slavery, so too the information age may be the start of a world beyond war. Yet as industry found new ways to control labor, nations and individuals will continue to compete, but in the economic and technological spheres...
...must athletics be an index for diversity? Do people with the ability to dribble or shoot a ball indicate a more diverse community? Diversity at Harvard should be measured the same way it is in society: by race and socioeconomic class. Athletic skill does not fall under those categories, and it's difficult to see how Harvard can pursue the goal of a diverse student body on the one hand, and give preference to athletes (and alumni children) on the other...
...reader should conclude, the Dictionary, like any dictionary, has no fixed sequence. Most entries take the form of stories or legends, and individuals and topics that appear elsewhere in the dictionary are cross-referenced, both from one entry to another, by a system of coded signs, and in the index at the rear of the book...