Word: static
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...euphoria of the spring shopping spree contrasts sharply with Israel's sorely strained finances within the world economy. "Our real crisis," says the Bank of Israel's Gafny, "is the fact that for the past seven years the economy has not been growing. Our G.N.P. is almost static." In 1980, in fact, the rise in G.N.P. was a mere .9%, a disaster for a nation that must pay ever higher import bills. Israel's energy bill alone, a relatively tiny $200 million in 1973, had increased tenfold by 1980, to $2.2 billion. Foreign debt stood...
Arguing that Marshner sees today's society and religion much more static than it is. Deats asked if "a living God" should "stop talking to Christians" in spite of widespread societal changes since Biblical times...
Lots of shoulder. Hot, hot." Dickinson visibly strained to generate the required radiance. She is well aware that to be an exciting model you need more than mere static, knockout looks...
...Static over the AT & T accord
Despite the static that is crackling through the telecommunications industry, President Reagan is not expected to reactivate the suit or hold out for stronger sanctions against A T& T. Though Reagan himself said nothing specific during the campaign about antitrust actions, some members of his task force on Government regulatory reform said privately that neither the IBM nor the A T & T case had much merit. Reagan swept into office on a pledge to "get the Government off the backs" of both the public and businesses. One of his first applications of that philosophy may be with Ma Bell...