Word: product
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most recent example of statistics gone awry involved the gross national product, the broad measure of the country's output of goods and services. On April 26 the Commerce Department announced that the GNP grew at a moderate annual rate of 2.3% in the first quarter of 1988. Experts interpreted the figure as proof that the economy was running smoothly. A month later, Government statisticians boosted first-quarter GNP growth to 3.9%, a change of nearly 70%. Suddenly, investors had reason to fear that the economy was overheating and that inflation was in danger of accelerating...
...impending Dalton decision on whether to sue and the Jackson case come at a time when other universities are facing more discrimination suits, Gertner said. She said the suits are the product of the decreasing number of senior-level openings for the women and minorities hired after the first wave of anti-discrimination hiring laws...
Winning fellowships is somewhat like growing fruit. Both require the right material and the right physical conditions to grow. The best environments often prove to be the most fruitful, enhnacing the qualities of the product. And the results vary from year to year...
Sailboarders, surfers and sailors know the sea can be dangerous, and yet they often sacrifice safety for style. After all, a bulky life preserver would ruin the look of a hang ten. In a new product called Aqua Buoy, which hides a flotation device in a wristband, function combines with form...
...year-old would like than a twelve-year- old? None of the grownups at the toy company, anyway. "What's a marketing report?" asks Josh, who has never heard of such a thing, and the company president (Robert Loggia) is so impressed with his ability to look at the product rather than the charts that he appoints him vice president in charge of development, assigning him to do nothing but sit in an office and play. Like the Peter Sellers character in Being There, Josh is held in awe for what is perceived as his simple, childlike wisdom...