Word: lowers
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Soviet Capitalists. Part of these foreign catches finds its way back to the U.S., which imports three-quarters of the fish products it consumes. For a variety of reasons, including lower labor costs, government subsidies and sophisticated equipment, a few foreign producers can cruise close to U.S. shores, process their catch, and sell it on the American market-all for less than the same cycle costs a local fisherman...
...talks with Nixon and Rogers, Hussein learned that Nixon shares his concern that the danger of a new outbreak of fighting is near-although lower-level State Department officials see it differently. Nixon and Rogers told Hussein that the U.S. firmly supports the withdrawal of Israeli troops from occupied territories, but that it will not become involved in drawing boundary lines on maps. Those matters, the Administration believes, must be negotiated by the Arabs and the Israelis, either directly or under the auspices of the United Nations...
Rising Deficits. Textile imports from countries that use American management methods and technology-but pay lower wages-are swamping the U.S. market. In 1961, the U.S. enjoyed a trade surplus of $53.7 million in cotton, wool and synthetic fibers. Since then, deficits have increased steadily. Last year the imbalance climbed 60%, to $807 million. Today 47% of all women's synthetic-fiber sweaters and 46% of all wool sweaters sold in the U.S. are manufactured abroad. One of every three men's all-wool suits is made from Japanese worsteds, and a quarter of men's shirts...
...that two other demands--replacing ROTC scholarships with Harvard money and restoring scholarships to Paine Hall demonstrators--were under study by various Faculty committees. Pusey attacked the last three demands--concerning Harvard's rent and buildings policies--more sharply. He said that the rents in University-owned buildings were lower than those in the general market and that Harvard was not tearing down any homes on University Road or near the Medical School...
...arrival of the discount house in the last ten years has really put us in a squeeze," Brown admits. "We have always tried to price as low as anyone, but now that low is relatively much lower than before. In order to get a dividend, the Coop must cut corners wherever it can. The rebate has to come from somewhere if it doesn't come from higher prices. You can't have a superlative store and fixturing, $5-an-hour sales people, maintain discount prices, provide a lot of service in the form of special orders and still expect...