Word: marches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...simple: the first GNP figure was based on incomplete information. The Government reports a quarter's GNP after data for only the first two months are available; the statisticians make educated guesses about what happened during the third month. In this instance, an unexpected surge in exports in March led to the radical change in the calculation of the growth rate...
...most important statistic released last week was the unemployment rate. After dropping from 5.6% in March to 5.4% in April, it bounced back to 5.6% in May, leaving economists mystified about the trend. While the jobless rate is generally considered to be among the most accurate of the figures the Government puts out, economists argue over how to interpret the number. A 5.6% unemployment rate sounds fairly bad in an absolute sense, but some experts say that it overstates the degree of distress because a large number of those listed as out of work are people who are voluntarily moving...
...most volatile statistics is the monthly report on the U.S. trade deficit. That figure jumped from $12.4 billion in January to $13.8 billion in | February, only to plunge to $9.7 billion in March. Part of the reason for such swings is that trade flows vary according to seasonal patterns. When the Commerce Department announces the April figure next week, the number will be "seasonally adjusted" in an attempt to smooth out temporary fluctuations...
Even if his health had not failed, the President would have faced rapidly escalating political problems. Under the constitution, he cannot run for consecutive five-year terms. His Christian Democratic Party is likely to be rejected in presidential elections scheduled for next March. Three months ago, in local balloting that amounted to a referendum on Duarte's performance, the party was trounced by the deeply conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), which gained control of the 60-seat Assembly and won 13 of 14 mayoral races. In San Salvador, the capital, Duarte's son Alejandro was defeated...
...first magician to receive a prestigious "genius" award from the MacArthur Foundation. The $272,000 that came with the honor has enabled Randi to step up his travels. He has logged 45,000 miles in the past few months alone, traveling far from his home in Plantation, Fla. In March he was in Australia, demonstrating the fraudulence of channeling, which involves a supposedly long- dead sage uttering words of wisdom through the mouth of a modern-day proxy. April found him in China, invited by a science journal to help stem what the editor called "growing confusion between science...