Word: lesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...your piece on drinking in Japan [May 22]: A country that spends more money on alcohol than on weapons is at least a peace-loving nation. And the day may come when those sake-nipping Nipponese workers work less hard and export fewer cars, television sets and steel to the U.S., thus curing the most serious areas of trade imbalance between the U.S. and Japan...
Rising taxes are a burning concern all over the U.S. In California, they are nothing less than an obsession, and small wonder. Already saddled with one of the highest state income taxes in the nation, many Californians were hit last week with new assessments on their homes that could send real estate taxes soaring by more than 100% in many cases and in some instances by an incredible 1,000% or more. The dizzying increases will mean a drastically reduced standard of living for most property owners; many will be forced to sell out and move elsewhere...
...chief, Eula Bingham: "It all depends on what the employers do. If most comply, there will be no problems. If they are not forthcoming, we will serve warrants automatically." She added that the ruling would increase paper work and bureaucratic procedures, hardly a heartening prospect for apostles of less government and less red-tape...
...Persian Gulf. The air freight is $1 per Ib. (about 20? per Popsicle) and the goodies sell for about 30? apiece in Bahrain. "This is an experiment to see how it works out," says the manager of the plant. The Arabs' reaction so far, however, has been less than enthusiastic...
...Ambassador to the U.N. Andrew Young is worried about the Soviet role in Africa from a somewhat different viewpoint. He regards the Communist threat to the continent as less serious than does either Vance or Brzezinski, partly because he believes African nations are more interested in economic development than in ideology and thus more inclined to look to the West for help. But he is fearful that Russian adventurism could produce an emotional reaction in the U.S., which could wreck the Administration's carefully nurtured policy of seeking closer ties with black Africa...