Word: quarterly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...moment, little growth is visible anywhere in the economy. Revised figures show that total output of goods and services rose a mere .6% in the ; second quarter, the slowest pace since the end of the 1982 recession. In an effort to give a boost to the economy, the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate at which it lends to member banks a half-point, to 5 1/2%, its lowest level in nine years. That should encourage further interest-rate cuts by the banks. The Reagan Administration and many private economists still expect a second-half pickup. Right now, though...
...hands. "You've got it now," she said. "You sure?" he asked, and then played it fine. Albert Tesch, the town plumber, came in on the organ next and offered a sweet Carolina Moon and If I Loved You. Then in the course of an hour and a quarter they all returned in various combinations and played other tunes. The audience was effusive with its applause...
...oriented gifts from regulated political- action committees. The device proved effective beyond anyone's imagining: since 1974, the number of PACs has risen from 608 to 4,092, the number of contributors has grown to about 4.5 million, and total donations may reach an estimated $125 million -- perhaps a quarter of all funding -- for this year's House and Senate races. Most PAC money goes to incumbents and comes from groups seeking legislative favors...
Dismissing the appeal, Bhutto tried to board a Lahore-bound plane in Karachi but was stopped by court order. Instead, the next morning a van paraded her slowly toward the city's poorest quarter, accompanied by a throng of supporters chanting "Long live Bhutto." Within half an hour, police riot squads attacked without warning, firing tear gas shells. Later that day Bhutto was arrested...
...over MGM/UA for the startling sum of $1.7 billion. Then he aimed at nothing less than boosting world peace with his Moscow Goodwill Games in July, which failed to attract the huge TV audience he had expected. Last week the ebullient Turner dipped into the water again when second-quarter results from TBS showed a loss of more than $85 million. The news sent the company's stock down to 16 7/8 a share (its 1986 high: 29 1/4) and once more put Turner's buccaneering future in doubt...