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When estimating the surplus for 1980, the optimists tend to lump the cartel countries together. But the populous nations (Iran, Venezuela, Nigeria) may register payments deficits in several years, while the lightly populated countries of the Persian Gulf will be building ever bigger surpluses. The Morgan Guaranty report concedes that in 1980, Saudi Arabia's surplus will bulge at $100 billion, by far the world's highest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Here Comes the New Optimism | 2/17/1975 | See Source »

...there are a number of ways of deciding how you get it back, whether it is a credit on their April 15 [returns]; whether you actually turn around and send them a check predicated on their income tax for 1974; whether it is all in one lump; or whether it is two, three or four specific checks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Gerald Ford: They Will See Something Is Being Done | 1/20/1975 | See Source »

Traditionally, tenured Faculty members get yearly raises, but always in individual lump sums, not uniform percentages. Non-tenured Faculty are usually paid according to a set scale, so a percentage raise for everyone would be a first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Progress | 1/17/1975 | See Source »

...woman who is familiar with what her breasts feel like in their normal state should be able to recognize any thickening immediately and detect a lump less than half an inch in diameter. If she does find one, she should see her doctor without delay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Cancer: Self-Examination | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

...princes royal who are smothered in the Tower of London. Over the coffin bearing the dead father-in-law of Lady Anne (Marsha Mason), Richard woos and wins her, despite the fact that he had killed both the father-in-law and her husband. Although he is a lump of deformity with a hunched back and a withered arm, Richard must have the power to attract as well as repel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Black Spider's Web | 11/4/1974 | See Source »

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