Word: progressions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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That line drew strong applause. The theme was repeated as Carter added that "the American people are sick and tired of federal paper work and red tape" and reported progress on "turning the gobbledygook of federal regulations into plain English that people can understand." More applause...
...greenbacks to prop their price, but dipped a bit again at week's end, apparently because Carter's State of the Union speech failed to convince foreign moneymen that the Administration has a handle on the economy's problems. In the long run, dollar stability will depend on U.S. progress in reducing its gargantuan trade deficit of almost $30 billion?and not much progress is expected this year. Congressional passage of an energy bill?almost any energy bill ?would help by demonstrating American determination to cut oil imports, the biggest contributor to the deficit. A dollar slide aggravates other...
...farm of 8000 acres, but because of his inability to absorb the losses resulting from a poor harvest. An insurance company investing in agriculture as a sideline can readily cover its short-term losses with profits from other areas of its business. The agricultural strike now in progress is a cry of frustration from small farmers being pushed out of business by corporate farms with greater financial resources. According to the U.S. Agricultural Census, from 1964 to 1974 the number of resident farmers declined from 40,000 to 29,000 in California; from...
...would prove more fruitful. U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, who was due to take part in the meeting, abruptly delayed his departure to Jerusalem by 24 hours while Egypt and Israel haggled over the agenda. Then, just as abruptly, Vance rescheduled his trip for Sunday night, reassured that progress could be made. State officials hinted that the postponement was intended as a signal to both sides that they should try harder to settle their differences...
...long argued that West Germany and Japan should stimulate their own economies through domestic growth, thus reducing their trade surpluses and taking some pressure off the dollar. That would indeed help, and some progress is being made. Presidential Trade Negotiator Robert Strauss will visit Tokyo this week to put the finishing touches on a U.S.-Japanese agreement designed to permit more U.S. imports into Japan, and commit Japan to pep up its economy; it would enable Japanese consumers to buy more of the goods now being exported to the U.S. But West Germany has consistently rejected pleas to speed...