Word: stingingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Andreotti's minority Christian Democratic government by a sophisticated tactic of "non-opposition" in the Chamber of Deputies. Berlinguer has had the P.C.I. Deputies (227 of 630) and Senators (116 of 315) abstain on key votes, thus lending implicit Communist support to unpopular government programs, including the stangata (sting)-the tough austerity measures that, among other things, have hiked the price of gasoline by 25% (bringing it to $2.25 a gal. for super) and increased postal, electric and telephone rates. Communist leaders argue that giving passive support to Andreotti is an important step toward the party's goal...
...P.C.I, faces the dilemma of a powerful Communist movement that is neither in opposition nor inside the government. On the one hand, if Berlinguer demands that Andreotti remove too much of the sting from austerity, the country's economy could collapse. On the other hand, if Berlinguer becomes too accommodating toward the government, discontent will multiply within P.C.I, ranks...
...temporary slowdown. Nevertheless, last week's figures were troubling. The real rate of growth in the gross national product slowed further in the third quarter, to 4%, which is good in normal times but sluggish for a recovery-and not enough to reduce unemployment. Some of the sting was removed by the news that inflation in the entire economy eased from 5.2% in the second quarter to 4.4% in the third, and housing starts in September jumped 18%, to an annual rate of 1,814,000. Still, Ford was looking ahead with some apprehension to the report...
...house-high but has a soul as well. Ever since production was announced, King Kong had the potential to be what the industry annually requires, a "big bopper." as they say in the trade. A genuine big bopper is something on the order of The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Sting or, to name the film most like Kong, Jaws. It should generate domestic grosses of $50 million to $100 million and, almost as important, a public excitement that spreads from the particular film to movies in general...
...dollar value; of contracts and orders for new plan and equipment (both declined). But Julius Shiskin, commissioner of labor statistics, believes there are technical aberrations in the layoff and work-week statistics and that after recalculation they will be corrected for the better. Other factors taking the sting out of the August index drop: the decline in new orders followed a strong surge in July economists expect capital spending to pick up again in September; the number of building permits issued rose in August, a further sign that the crucial construction business is slowly recovering...