Word: profiteered
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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This is an era of relative peace between the two major powers. During such a time, economic interests and profit maximization are the major goals of Nixon and Brezhnev. The recently disclosed resale of U.S. grain by the Russians is the logical economic consequence of having given the Russians inordinately favorable terms of trade. Kissinger's hope for a friendly Soviet attitude towards the U.S. was shattered by the economic realities of a one-sided trade agreement. In an attempt to further the detente, Kissinger played havoc with large segments of the economy. The American consumer is now paying...
...Corps of Engineers wants to buy up 8500 acres of land along the Charles, with $7.5 million of federal funds. But because no construction lobbyists would profit from the plan and because Massachusetts is not President Nixon's favorite state, the plan may run into greater difficulties in Congress or in obtaining a presidential signature than it would face on its merits. Nevertheless, the Corps of Engineers' plan, because it would bring large stretches of the Charles's banks under governmental control, is probably the most likely first step in the direction of the idyllic Charles the Department of National...
Similarly, the votes of six councillors are necessary to make any change in the zoning laws. With four members of the council sensitive to the problems caused by high-profit and haphazard real estate development, there is less chance that the face of the city will be drastically altered by outside entrepreneurs...
...whole movie industry has changed dramatically since Aubrey joined it eight years ago. Several of the six remaining major Hollywood companies have become mere subsidiaries of profit-directed conglomerates like Gulf & Western Industries (Paramount) and Transamerica Corp. (United Artists). High-cost extravaganzas have become as rare as singing cowboys and have been replaced by Aubrey's genre: lowbudget, high-profit black films (Cleopatra Jones) and Kung Fu films (Fists of Fury). What future role Jim Aubrey may play in the new Hollywood that he helped shape is a question that will have to wait for his announcement of what...
...That action severely chopped into the buying power of all but the wealthiest consumers. In addition, the junta has largely scrapped Allende's heavyhanded controls on prices, which were kept so low in relation to costs that farmers and businessmen let production plummet for lack of a profit incentive...