Word: musts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Canada-U.S. commercial disputes. Naturally enough, in a dense and complex trading relationship, some issues are almost always simmering. Among the most sensitive is a long-standing U.S. complaint that Canada illegally protects West Coast fish processors. And by Dec. 6, the Reagan Administration must rule on the continuation of a punitive 35% tariff on imports of Canadian cedar shakes and shingles...
...deal. All told, corporate debt has climbed from some $965 billion in 1982 to $1.8 trillion this year, a rise from 32% to 37% of U.S. gross national product. LBOs can be especially worrisome of borrowing, because they replace virtually all of a company's equity with IOUs that must be repaid. A sudden downturn can thus put a firm heavily in hock out of business. "High leverage is unsafe, not just for a company but for the entire economy," says M.I.T. economist Franco Modigliani, a Nobel laureate. Modigliani adds that while the debt mountain has not yet grown perilously...
...stock profits is another plus for LBOs. Corporate earnings are taxed twice: they are first paid to stockholders out of a company's after-tax profits, and the shareholder then pays taxes on the dividends. "There is no question that our tax laws have a bias toward debt that must be rectified," says a top congressional aide...
...many as 10 million American men suffer from chronic impotence, but not many of them are willing to talk about it, much less seek help. Besides being embarrassed, most sufferers figure that the problem must be "all in your head" and therefore difficult to treat. But they could hardly be more wrong. Medical researchers have determined that up to 75% of all cases of impotence stem from physical problems, most of which can be treated. As new types of remedies, ranging from drug therapy to surgery, come into increasingly widespread use, impotence is no longer a hopeless condition...
...only in the test stages. There are also drawbacks to laying in a private stock of blood for a transfusion that may never be necessary. Three pints are typically requested for surgery, and drawing, processing and storing them can be expensive -- about $200 a pint per year. The donor must also pay the cost of transporting the blood to where it is needed -- an especially difficult task if the patient is involved in an automobile accident miles from his blood bank...