Word: justment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...even desirable for Japan or some other country to be ahead of America on any number of measures. But when America's economy is falling behind, when we have no long-range game plan to support industries in which we could have a comparative advantage, when we lack read-justment programs to provide retraining and future employment for those working in declining industries, we are in deep trouble. A weak economy leads all segments of America to fight for their share of a declining pie to the detriment of civic morality, optimism and benevolence in which Americans once took pride...