Word: slowdowns
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...Slowdown...
...bureau estimates that the overall rate by which world population has been increasing annually declined by about 5% in the past decade, from an average hike of 1.98% a year in the 1965-70 period to 1.88% in the 1975-77 interval. Significantly, there were slowdowns not only in Western countries, where birth rates have long been declining, but also in such Third World countries as Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea and apparently China. Even India seems to have achieved a slight slowdown. By contrast, Kenya, Algeria, Tanzania and Nigeria had increased growth rates...
Seven minutes and six Harvard turnovers later, the visitors trailed by only 69-65 and the Crimson starters were back on the floor. Freshmen Glen Mills and Bill Cambell directed a flawless slowdown which consumed eighty seconds and was capped by a perfectly executed Cambell to Mills backdoor play which clinched the victory...
Speaking in a nationally broadcast press-conference, Carter also said that he was "somewhat discouraged" by the slowdown in Mid-East peace negotiations, but added that he thought the peace process was experiencing only "temporary setbacks...
Last week economists and Government agencies began filling in some numbers on just how severe a slowdown in growth-or how bad a recession-the high interest rates are likely to produce. Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., which had been predicting a 6% rise next year in business spending for new plant and equipment, adjusted for inflation, slashed its forecast to a mere 2.9%, a rise that would Create few new jobs. The Commerce Department predicted that total spending on construction will drop 6% next year, following a 1978 rise...