Word: jannings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Good news for American farmers and bad news factor each other out continually. Exports are rising, but the price of corn, for instance, is less than half what it was in 1982, and wheat has fallen 33% since 1980. The Wall Street Journal described the farm issue in a Jan. 8 headline: WHAT WAS A CRISIS BECOMES ONLY A PROBLEM. For every farmer unable to pay his debts, three or four others can actually buy more acreage. Debt delinquencies are lower, but so is the price of farmland, except in areas where developers want in. The entire farm economy operates...
...windows and patio doors, has split a chunk of its earnings among workers. After a banner 1987, this year's pot promised to be huge. But the 3,700 employees, many of whom rented limousines and dressed in their finest Saturday-night steppin'-out clothes to attend the Jan. 16 ceremony, had no idea just how huge. Amid gasps of surprise, Andersen Chairman Arvid Wellman disclosed that the profit-sharing pool was a record $105.9 million, up more than 45% from last year. On Feb. 1 all workers will receive checks amounting to 84% of their annual salary. The average...
...premium hikes are part of a general surge in costs that is hitting everyone covered by health insurance. On Jan. 1 the Medicare premiums paid by elderly and disabled Americans jumped 38.5%, from $17.90 to $24.80 a month, the largest increase since the program was started in 1966. At the same time, Blue Cross and Blue Shield premiums for federal workers rose...
...your Jan. 13th article on Harvard crew members writing in support of their former associate Mr. Washburn, you imply that coach Harry Parker and his rowers are somehow responsible for the miscarriage of justice in the Washburn case...
FOOTNOTE: *Taken by telephone Jan. 3-7. Nationwide, 1,804 adults were interviewed, including 571 likely Democratic voters and 424 likely Republican voters. A separate Iowa survey of 1,783 adults included 497 likely Democratic caucus participants and 394 likely Republican attendees. All findings were based on likely voters and likely caucus participants. Potential sampling errors are shown in charts...