Word: rare
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...With rare unanimity, however, economists warn that the upturn, whenever it comes, will be painfully slow and gradual. Robert Ortner, chief economist of the U.S. Department of Commerce, ; observes that after past recessions the total output of goods and services on average has jumped 7% in the first year of recovery. "This time it will be less than that," he says. That is putting the case very mildly; many private economists guess that the upswing will be only half as vigorous as it traditionally is. Walter Heller, a member of TIME'S Board of Economists, has compiled a self...
...added to the growing De Beers stockpile of gems. The reason is that there is a worldwide glut of the precious gems. The vaults of diamond wholesalers are overflowing with rough as well as cut and polished stones, and the market for investment-grade diamonds has virtually collapsed. A rare one-carat D-flawless-grade stone that brought $62,000 at the peak of the market in 1980 is now worth only $15,000 or less, a decline of more than 75%. De Beers' sales arm, the Central Selling Organization, saw profits tumble 46% in 1981, and Oppenheimer says...
...past 17 years. But the French will not be able to thrill to Greene's charges in his new nonfiction book entitled J'Accuse: Portrait of a Delinquent in His Protected Milieu. The appellate court of Aix-en-Provence ruled early this month in a rare decision that the book could not be sold in France or even brought into the country because it was libelous of one of the people mentioned in the story...
...issues, no matter how heartfelt, probably will not appease the far right; after 19 months of soothing presidential rhetoric, it is impatient for action on its social agenda. Nor did Reagan, despite private appeals for loyalty, mollify his tax-hike opponents. Indeed, the tax battle is now forging a rare, rebellious alliance among the New Right, congressional Republicans and conservative businessmen. Says one White House adviser: "I have never seen such animosity from our constituent groups...
DIED. David Carritt, 55. master sleuth of the old masters who rediscovered an unmatched array of rare and valuable paintings; of cancer; in London. Art historian, dealer and critic, Carritt had an unerring eye that enabled him to buy a misattributed Fragonard masterpiece at a public auction, under the noses of other top experts, at a tiny fraction of its present million-dollar value. "When you've become familiar with the work of a master, it's like recognizing a friend's handwriting," he once said. Among his finds were five Francesco Guardi canvases rolled...