Word: meres
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...years ago the outcome might have been different. From 1981 through 1986, Reagan vetoed 59 bills; only six of those vetoes were overridden. In addition, the mere threat of a veto caused Congress either to kill or to rewrite many bills. But since the Democrats gained control of the Senate in the 1986 elections, it has been Congress that has been imposing its will on the President. Reagan has swallowed many congressional actions of which he strongly disapproved -- the military-spending cuts forced by last year's budget compromise, for example -- rather than risk what he knew would be futile...
When auto-carrying freighters from Japan finish unloading their cargo in U.S. ports, they typically steam back across the Pacific with empty holds or perhaps a load of live beef cattle. Reason: while Japan exported 2.2 million autos to America last year, the U.S. shipped a mere 4,006 autos in the other direction. That whopping imbalance showed a small sign of easing last week when Honda became the first Japanese automaker to send some of its U.S.-made autos back home for sale. The carmaker marked the occasion on a dock in Portland, Ore., where Republican Senator Bob Packwood...
...harsh truth is that if at one time the Japanese could be dismissed as mere imitators, that time is long gone. Not only have the Japanese built up an impressive record for creativity and innovation, but there is growing evidence that Americans may be losing some of their knack for developing and selling new products. A recent study done for the National Science Foundation that attempts to measure the quality of patented products and processes suggests that Japanese innovations may on average be more significant than those of their American rivals. Moreover, the Japanese are snaring a fast-growing share...
While Japanese companies have been working to destroy their lingering image as mere imitators, many American firms have steadily grown less innovative. Some U.S. executives pay so much attention to short-term, bottom-line results that they hesitate to make costly investments in new products that will only pay off in the long run. Says Patents and Trademarks Commissioner Donald Quigg: "Stockholders demand more and more immediate results, but research and development does not occur overnight." Rather than develop new product lines, many firms buy them by taking over other companies...
While such ideas are as yet mere hypotheses. Hobson says he has already started research to prove his ideas. He and his colleagues are planning experiments to study sleep deprivation in rats...