Word: sprees
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a spending spree, economic upset arrives...
Liberals and conservatives are joining forces now to warn of the dangers of the deficits. Walter Heller, a Democrat who was chief economic adviser to both John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, argues that the Administration's deficit spree might induce such tight money that it would abort any recovery. Heller wants to shrink the deficit mainly by raising taxes in 1983, a step that could batter the economy even lower. Some conservative economists predict that the result of the red ink will be higher interest rates. Says Burton Malkiel, an adviser to Gerald Ford and now dean...
Probing a rape spree...
...shopping spree is a wild...
...latest import spree will further strain Soviet finances. The country's trade deficit with the West-about $2.7 billion in the first quarter alone-is swelling at a record pace. Every dollar spent on grain is one less that can be used for badly needed high-technology goods, including computers and oil-drilling equipment...