Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mostly say business has proceeded at the same sluggish pace they were experiencing before the crash. Sears, for example, reported that October sales were up 1% from the same month in 1986, an increase that did not keep pace with the current 5% rate of inflation. Last week the Labor Department reported that the unemployment rate during October inched upward to 6% from September's 5.9%, which supported contentions that the economy has slowed only slightly...
Edwards built a populist coalition of poor whites, labor and blacks who tolerated his political dealmaking and frequent forays to Las Vegas gaming tables. But the good times ended during a scandal-ridden third term that saw Edwards indicted twice on racketeering charges; one trial ended in a hung jury, the other in acquittal. After his defeat, the silver-tongued Cajun bid a jaunty farewell: "You're going to miss me," he said. "But many of you don't know...
...primitive level of farming that prevailed before the reforms. They question whether such high yields can be sustained solely through intensive hand-cultivation of crops. Mechanizing the Chinese countryside would bring about needed changes in farming, but at a high price: widespread rural unemployment. To soak up excess labor and concentrate land in the hands of the most efficient peasants, China has launched a rural industrialization drive that has resulted in smokestacks, water towers and silos sprouting up in the provinces as fast as rice seedlings...
...Summon to Washington the leaders of labor, industry, banking, agriculture, construction and transportation to get their recommendations and help. Meet the press within 48 hours, then promise a more "intimate" relationship with the media. Follow up with press conferences every few days...
...Republicans' command of the medium was counterbalanced by the weakness of their message. The Democrats are ridiculed as the party of litmus- test politics, bowing to the pressures of peace activists, labor unions, minority groups and feminists. But last week's debate revealed the degree to which the Republicans are tugged by their own special interests: right-wing red hots. Front Runners Bush and Robert Dole found themselves pitted against a field of yapping underdogs, each catering to causes championed by conservative activists. Haig, du Pont, Jack Kemp and Pat Robertson all blasted Bush's ardent support for the proposed...