Word: stagnantly
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...Economic anxiety animates much of the resistance to amnesty, particularly from the left. Real wages have been stagnant for nearly three decades throughout the U.S., and for a place like working-class Beardstown, having to deal with a huge new influx of Spanish-speaking workers seems like adding insult to economic injury. But if times are tough in rural America, are illegal immigrants to blame? It turns out that the truly good jobs left Beardstown long before the Mexicans came. In the mid-'80s, the Cargill plant was owned by Oscar Mayer. Walters was the union representative at the plant...
...chief executive. Cider was commonly sold in large plastic bottles at discount prices, bolstering its cheap image. In Ireland, C&C's cider is called Bulmers Original (it's the same thing as Magners, but drinks company Scottish & Newcastle owns the Bulmers brand outside Ireland). Struggling with stagnant sales in the 1990s, C&C decided dowdy Bulmers needed a makeover. It cut the alcohol content to 4.5% (about the same as most beers) and intensified the apple flavor. More distinctively, the reformulated drink has been designed and marketed to be poured over ice, whereas traditional ciders are served at room...
...Three--the traditional Big Three moniker having been rendered obsolete last year when Toyota sold 2.5 million vehicles in the U.S. to Chrysler's 2.1 million-- Chrysler has long pledged to take care of virtually all its U.S. employees' medical expenses when they retire. Faced in recent years with stagnant sales and rising health-care costs, the automakers have been ratcheting down those benefits (mainly by requiring co-pays and contributions) for retirees without union contracts. Then, in 2005, General Motors and Ford persuaded the United Auto Workers (UAW) to break open an existing contract to cut health benefits...
...surface, “Everything’s Gone Green” might be mistaken for “Garden State”: it’s a thought-provoking comedy starring a twenty-something loner with a weird family, stagnant career, and girlfriend troubles. Indeed, based on the premise alone it could be one of many such films, which seem to be a dime a dozen nowadays. But its creators hope it will stand out. “There are actually quite a lot of scripts like this that are flowing around,” says Steph Song...
...Rice of the two years following Charm School’s release. “We weren’t really touring, we weren’t really putting out records, and you’re not really a band at that point.” Fortunately, after a stagnant 2005, the pair stumbled upon inspiration in the form of an abandoned piano they discovered on the street. “There was something about the piano that just wanted us to play it,” recalls Rice. “So we brought it to the practice space...