Word: sluggish
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...Last week taxes were once more a large and bristly national issue-but the controversy this time was only among those who wanted the same thing in differing ways. Across the U.S., pressure and sentiment were growing on every front for a tax cut to spur the sluggish U.S. economy...
...Industrial Revolution: discard costly frills, use low prices to lure customers, and make up for low profit margins with high volume. Familiar as this philosophy is (and a lot of people are working at it), it takes acumen to practice. By succeeding at it in the sluggish 1960s, Eugene Ferkauf has seized the lead in a retailing revolution that is shaking up every...
...balance-of-payments problem is directly affected by the general health of the U.S. economy. A booming economy would raise confidence in the dollar and spur capital investment and exports, all measures that would help lessen the payments deficit. The sluggish growth of the U.S. economy has been caused largely by a constant rise in costs, a squeeze on profits, and a serious lag in investment. Holding down costs and encouraging investment in more modern and efficient plants would enable U.S. products to compete more favorably abroad. Part of any tax revision program should be a cut in the corporate...
...Personally, I think this drastic curtailment of the liberty of our press is against the public interest. This country is too smug, complacent and sluggish, and pointed criticism might do much to get us moving again." Added Cecil King, whose giant Daily Mirror (circ. 4,561,876), biggest newspaper in the Western world, stands as impressive evidence that he knows what Britons want to read: "But if, on consideration, the British public wants this censorship, of the press, at least they should realize how much of what they should know is not printed...
...economy is sluggish simply because no industry is a standout performer. Good excuses are plentiful: January and Feb ruary weather was worse than usual this year. Homebuilding has slipped for four straight months. Construction outlays are at a ten-month low. Steel is pouring at 82% of capacity, and a lot of that reflects hedge-buying in recent weeks against the possibility of a strike. Store sales are fairly bright, but setting no records. Car sales are brisk-but not so brisk as they were in booming 1955-57, when the population was much smaller...