Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...industrial picture is equally gloomy. The government has revised its projected growth rate from 10.7% downward to 6%, but forecasts of zero or even minus growth abound for 1974. Last week's announcement by the Arab countries that they intend to cut oil pro duction another 5% in January could lead to a disastrous 20% to 30% shortfall in deliveries. Yoshiya Ariyoshi, chairman of the Mitsubishi-owned N.Y.K. shipping line, calls the situation an economic Guadalcanal-"the point of farthest advance where the steady retreat began." Like many other businessmen, he considers a depression a real possibility...
...houseboat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., despoiling stewardesses and brooding about the decline of the West. He quests forth, when funds are low, to do battle for the dread forces of reality-a Robin Hood among chattel rustlers who steals loot back from thugs and swindlers and returns it, minus a 50% commission, to the widows and orphans from whom it was taken. Oftener than not a girl enters the picture. Part of the game is to guess whether she is a thug, swindler, widow or orphan...
...militant feminists. Harvard Dames regularly sponsors cooperative dinners. They have a swap baby-sitting program. They organize bridge tournaments, fashion shows and evenings with members from foreign countries--complete with slides, posters, home-cooked dinners and chat. All the things a small-town women's club used to do. Minus perhaps the annual food-baskets for the needy...
...Minus 36 Handicap...
...Allen, a minus 36 handicap player who practiced 45 hours each week this summer, used the Chinese penholder grip--thumb and index finger wrapped around the handle, with three fingers behind the paddle. His quick offensive strokes symied the Crimson...