Word: minuses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...four years, eventually fading from prominence when their theories failed to translate into long-term success with projects such as ERAP. A new, non-Jewish psychological type grabbed the reins and evolved into what the authors call the rigid authoritarian rebel": all of the protean's hang-ups, minus his respect for intellectual matters and his adherence to non-violent tactics. Total immersion in anti-war protest became inevitable after the huge U.S. troop deployments of 1965 and intensification of the draft, say Rothman and Lichter, and the New Left became a "carrier movement" for "irrationalism, spontaneous action [and] social...
Murray Feshbach, America's leading expert on Soviet population trends, believes that the present 2% rate of Soviet economic growth could drop to zero or even go into the minus column because of more shortages of skilled labor, especially in European Russia, where most of the country's industry is situated...
...course of the debate, several professors sharply criticized the current pass fail rules, which require students to receive grades of "C-minus" or better in 21 half-courses...
...issues, certainly, are pressing. The nation is racked by the highest unemployment rate in 42 years. Recovery remains elusive, as was demonstrated by last week's economic news, a maddeningly familiar mixture of plus and minus signs. The pluses: lower interest rates, higher housing starts, more stock-market exuberance. Big minus: very sluggish production. The Congress to be chosen next week will have to decide how to trim gargantuan budget deficits that threaten to choke off the recovery whenever it does come...
...gumbler Gov. Edward J. King defeated Democratic candidate for governor. You can treat midterms Tike King did the non-binding Democratic convention last May Realizing that he had not prepared enough to make a good showing, he went for mere sufficiency--the B-Minus that doesn't rule out a photo finish grade when final-come around. This actually did work well for King, who rose from a 50 point public opinion deficit carrier in the year to come within six points in the September primary. Unfortunately from him elections are pass-fail...