Word: loafing
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When the walkout ended, the government first announced that the price of a loaf of bread would quadruple to about 50?, then announced a delay on the move. Trybuna Ludu reported that a meat-rationing program would be "reviewed" and that the present monthly allotment of 6.6 lbs. per person might be reduced rather than increased as had been expected. Solidarity spokesmen said they would continue to press for an economic reform package that would include subsidies for consumers with lower incomes. Otherwise, warned the union's Warsaw chapter, the price hikes could lead to "an explosion of uncontrolled...
...reform blueprint. A foreshadowing of the plan came three days after the end of the congress, when the head of the government's price commission announced a series of proposed price hikes that would triple most food bills. Bread, for example, would jump from 21? to 64? a loaf. Simultaneously, the government will not be raising wages. The squeeze could turn out to be intolerable-and create even more unrest than before-although low- and middle-income Poles would be partially shielded from these increases by state subsidies. At the same time, the government announced...
...loaf of bread, a jug of wine and Di [April...
...Shall we, the good and dull of the earth, attempt to compete with the attention getters?" "Hurray for meat loaf!" "People who hang-glide are nuts!" "Yeah, you know what's fun, by God? Petting your dog, tuning up the old Chevy Nova." "More beer!" "Beer here...
...breakfast of cereal, fruit, toast and occasionally bacon and eggs. Then she will do manual work: cleaning, floor mopping, dish washing. For clothes, she can choose between jumpers and slacks of mint green, yellow or beige. Luncheon and dinner entrees include meat loaf, Swiss steak, stuffed cabbage and similar hearty fare not common to the Tarnower table. In the evenings she will be allowed to wear her own blouses, stockings, shoes and a watch (if it is not worth more than...