Word: productively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...describing the present situation, Gerald Ford is more accurate than Carter, and he is correct that most economists, including Democrats, believe the recovery has run into only a temporary slowdown. Nevertheless, last week's figures were troubling. The real rate of growth in the gross national product slowed further in the third quarter, to 4%, which is good in normal times but sluggish for a recovery-and not enough to reduce unemployment. Some of the sting was removed by the news that inflation in the entire economy eased from 5.2% in the second quarter to 4.4% in the third...
...American people and press were eager to expose the power-hungry venality of Richard M. Nixon. But few are the Cassandras today who perceive the painful parallels between Jimmy Carter and the much-maligned Mr. Nixon. Humorless and ambitious, highly sensitive to negative press coverage, Carter emerges an ironic product of the Watergate mentality. He and his counterparts appear bereft of all commitment. They are masters of ad hoc politics, practitioners of a winning "master plan...
...jazz, convinced that "Jazz has to be re-established as a popular music... because of its emotional and intellectual depth." His sound is unique. It doesn't pretend to imitate the "greats." Instead it draws from sources from rock to classical, from jazz to pop, and the finished product is rich, carefully crafted yet lyrical. John Klemmer's technical skill--he plays the saxophone--is balanced by sensitive interpretation of pieces he's also composed. His melodies are subtle and haunting, rich in harmonies and polyrhythms...
...Never happened--obviously the product of a drug-crazed hippy's mind; these people also believe that Dwight David Eisenhower was president once...
...than college admissions offices. Everyone seems to have accepted the ETS line--"Well, it may not be perfect, but there has to be some objective standard. Got any better ideas?" And, in the most helpless position of all, is the consumer, whose future will probably be decided by this product that he never even wanted to buy in the first place. A rotten deal. Maybe that $200 to rent a law student isn't so high after...