Word: lags
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...ended, the proportion of soldiers from more educated and affluent backgrounds dwindled even further. Though Congress approved a military pay hike of more than 60% in 1972, most people with college degrees could find better jobs in civilian life. By the late 1970s, as military pay scales began , to lag further behind those in the outside world, even high school graduates were in no hurry to sign up. They accounted for just 54% of enlistees in 1979; the Army fell 17,000 short of its manpower goals that year because not enough qualified recruits could be found...
According to Flanagan, hot water is replaced within the system as soon as it is used. However, there has lately been a lag in the recovery time, causing a shortage of available hot water, he said...
...United States will continue to be a determinant factor and a center from which major decisions will emanate. But it will be so with less relative weight," he said, as a result of its "technological lag" and the increasing importance of the European Community and Japan...
...disease-fighting genes taken from sea urchins. Eventually, crops and farm animals may be raised to produce not just food and clothing but also a wide array of chemical compounds and human proteins like insulin. While research on plants has taken the lead, work with farm animals does not lag far behind. Last year the Baylor College of Medicine and Houston- based Granada BioSciences succeeded in transplanting growth-promoter genes into cattle embryos. Granada now boasts four healthy calves, at least one of which appears to be slightly larger than others the same...
Higher gas prices could boost Japan's share of the U.S. auto market, which now stands at about 26%. While the Big Three have substantially improved their fuel economy in the past 10 years, they still lag behind the Japanese. GM raised the average efficiency of its fleet from 19.1 m.p.g. in 1979 to 26.9 m.p.g. last year, while Chrysler boosted its fuel economy from 20.5 m.p.g. to 27.7 m.p.g. At the same time, Toyota raised the average economy of its models from 24 m.p.g. to 31.7 m.p.g., and Nissan from 26.8 m.p.g. to 30.2 m.p.g...