Word: portend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...American economy. Not only has the U.S., by the President's own admission, dropped into its second recession in 15 months, but the business dip may be both deeper and longer than Reagan predicted. The Government's index of leading economic indicators, which is supposed to portend future business trends, showed a sharp 2.7% drop in September, the biggest decline in 17 months. And, to make the situation worse, the Administration's top economic advisers have begun to quarrel among themselves over who is to blame for a policy that seems to go more wrong...
...breathing, the yoga and the yogurt, the rolfing and the rope jumping, exercised Americans will admire their improved chassis in 300 million sq. ft. of new mirrors. The reflections of these new Adams and Eves glowing radiantly through the steam rising from the hot tubs are provocative indeed. They portend even more than they posture...
University moneyminders are hoping, however, that a drop in the amount of federal aid Harvard receives annually will not offset the energy savings. Although last September the Senate authorized $48.4 billion to fund student aid programs over the next five years, the Reagan administration budget cuts portend hard times for both financial aid money and University research funds. While families braced themselves for hefty tuition increases, Harvard scientists and scholars began to look for other sources to subsidize their projects...
...senator, for his part, thinks Dolan is a twerp. Weicker scoffs at smug predictions that the Republican victories of 1980 portend an era of extreme conservatism in America. He calls Dolan "wacky," even "repugnant," and recalls that he was never very good as a go-fer anyway...
...RECOMMENDATIONS in the recently released study of minority and women Faculty represent a major departure from current hiring policies? Administrators and Faculty members seem unsure. If, as some suggest, the proposals do not portend a shift in Harvard's affirmative action practices, then the study will prove worthless...