Word: normale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...trade gap greatly worsened what would otherwise have been a normal slowing after a period of rapid expansion. Such pauses for breath frequently aroused fears of a slump during the economic recoveries that occurred in the 1960s and '70s. Recalled Walter Heller, a University of Minnesota economist and the chief economic adviser to Presidents John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson: "I remember Kennedy being terribly worried in 1962 that there would be a recession, and on the basis of very much the same kind of thing we are looking at here. We assured him that that would...
Another option is a remote-control device. It generally allows a viewer, without leaving the LaZBoy, to stop and start the tape, pause, fast-scan in forward and reverse, or watch in "double speed," which is slower than fast-scan but faster than normal. Two types are available: those connected to the VCR by a long wire and the detached, infrared devices, which are less cumbersome and more expensive...
...column did indeed rise six miles into the sky, but that half the smoke dropped quickly into the troposphere. The 50% that remained aloft, Penner estimated, contained nearly three times the condensation needed to produce rain. This finding suggested that even smoke in the stratosphere, beyond the reaches of normal weather patterns, would create its own storm and fall back to earth...
...sales clerks, 150 of whom work in the Square store. In addition, the Coop has hired extra security help to combat the always "embarrassing" problem of shoplifting which gets worse during the holiday rush, says General Manager James A. Argeros. Those additions push the staff to 60 percent above normal in the month before Christmas, he adds...
...surgical and pharmaceutical advances make heart and liver transplants possible. Why is there an issue? First of all, there simply aren't enough organs to go around; how do we decide who benefits from the limited supply? Second, the transplant costs on the order of 10 times what a normal operation costs, around $300,000 for a single liver transplant. Since this money comes from insurance companies or from state Medicaid, the status quo is not a free market, but it threatens to become one, given the high financial incentives for doctors and hospitals. Clearly a laissez-faire scramble...