Word: lundgren
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...pugilistic toil, no clouds on his scar tissue. There then lumbers into sight a giant threat not just to his well-being but to all that he--we--holds dear. Yes, literally a giant. Replacing Mr. T in this thankless role is a humongous Soviet called Drago (Dolph Lundgren). Behind this wild bull of the steppes, a totalitarian state has mobilized all its technological wizardry (including, it is hinted, steroids) in order to claim not merely a world championship but the superiority of its system over that of the decadent West. Apolitical Rocky does not care. But his friend...
SCANDINAVIA. Lundgren observed that four of the Nordic countries are each going through very different experiences. Sweden, for example, is struggling with wage and price increases that are 2% to 4% higher than those of its major competitors. This year wages may rise by close to 8%. Growth is expected to slow from 2.5% to 1% in 1986. In Denmark, by contrast, inflation and wage in creases are coming down to the rate of its partners in the European Community after years of rapid government spending. Denmark's major problem is a widening trade deficit, which is increasing the country...
...Nils Lundgren, vice president of Stockholm's Pkbanken, believes that West European countries are slowly creating conditions for steady, solid growth. Said Lundgren: "We are more inflation-proof now during the business upswings." Imports are cheaper, wage increases are modest, and governments are reducing budget deficits. At the same time, Lundgren found that Europeans, on the political left as well as the right, have learned to accept the need for free-market solutions, even if it means shutting down loss-making steel mills and shipyards. Jean-Marie Chevalier, professor-of economics at the University of Paris Nord, also noted...
...LUNDGREN: I'm a perpetual shopper. They know as I'm going through the store. They've got a person following me, because they know I'm an easy sale...
...LUNDGREN: There were parents, grandparents bringing children to the department stores, going to lunch for two hours and shopping. Those days aren't just attached to department stores. That's a change of life...