Word: predicters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last week underscored the sense of an economy slipping into recession and provided a gloomy setting for the annual reunion of world financiers at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings in Washington. The Commerce Department reported that its index of leading economic indicators, which is supposed to predict the future course of the economy, dropped .5% during August, its third decline in the past four months. Sales of new one-family homes plummeted 14% during the month, to an annual rate of a mere 362,000 units, the lowest level since April 1980. Moreover, the Labor Department reported...
While none of the minority representatives contacted would predict the outcome of today's meeting with the constitution committee, several said they were "optimistic" that a decision would be reached "in the near future" as to what kind of minority representative the committee will propose for the council...
Late September used to be the time when Detroit rolled out its shiny new models and then gloried in the predict able "oohs" and "aahs" of an auto-obsessed public. The Big Three American automakers this season are tooting their horns, but it hardly sounds like a traffic jam. After two straight years of sagging sales and giant losses, the car manufacturers are introducing only an autumnal handful of fresh models...
Voting continues today, with the polls open at the Union during lunch and dinner. A total of 34 students are competing for the 21 available slots. Except for Dudley House and the West Yard, all of the Yard's six "districts" offer contested races, and pundits predict that the closest results will come in the Union elections, where ten students are up for four seats...
Before he considers the presidency, Kennedy will face what some predict will be his toughest reelection fight for the Senate...