Word: rosee
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...America, on the other hand, any group or organization with enough money can found a private college or university. From 1960 to 1980 alone the number of four-year institutions in the U.S. rose from...
Better nourished women generally become fertile earlier, reach menopause at an older age and become fertile again more quickly after pregnancy, according to Associate Professor of Population Studies Rose E. Frisch. As a result these women can give birth to more children...
...states lining the Atlantic Coast, while the rest of the country has been almost stagnant. From 1981 through 1985, these 16 coastal states enjoyed a lopsided 69% of total growth in personal income. Put another way: income from wages, salaries, rents and proprietary income in the 16 states rose a robust average 4% a year, vs. an anemic 1.4% in the other 34 states. The coastal states, where 42% of all Americans live, attracted 58% of the 8 million new jobs created since 1981. According to this month's Census Bureau figures, the Midwest has replaced the South...
...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...
Meanwhile, galloping inflation overwhelmed the timid rate cuts Congress enacted; it steadily pushed taxpayers into higher brackets even when their earnings rose less than prices. That fanned public perception that the whole system had gone haywire. In 1972 a poll by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations found that the public rated the federal income tax the fairest of all taxes. By 1980 respondents rated it the least fair. A revolt of sorts started. By Treasury figures, tax evasion more than doubled, from $42.6 billion in 1976 to $90.5 billion...