Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dollar comes down from its recent flight of fancy, will the fall be dangerously fast? Only a month ago, the currency was rising so relentlessly that economists were concerned that its strength would worsen the trade deficit by making U.S. exports too costly. That fear seemed misplaced last week as the dollar plunged to a level some 7.5% below its mid-June highs, closing the week at 1.87 deutsche marks...
Alarm has been growing for more than a decade. Scores of lawsuits have been filed by residents of Texas, New York, California and Louisiana, forcing utilities to delay, reroute and sometimes abandon construction of power lines. Seven states have set limits for the strength of electric fields created along power-line paths; Florida has also adopted a standard for magnetic fields. Fremont, Calif., requires that potential buyers of new homes adjacent to overhead lines be warned of possible health risks. Last month in Florida a judge declared that pupils of Sandpiper Shores Elementary School near Boca Raton could not play...
When the contract summary appeared on the morning of June 26, a group of approximately 10 HUCTW members, activists and former contract negotiators met to study and discuss it. We were appalled by the three-day limit for examining the contract. We had serious questions about the strength and adequacy of the contract to support union members over the next three years in the face of Boston area costs of living and the threat of a national recession. We were outraged that no public debate was permitted the membership until after the voting on June 29. We wrote a collective...
...most important evidence of Deng's strength may be the unexpected appointment of Jiang. The beefy Shanghai official does not have any national power base or ties to the army, which makes him no threat to anyone in the hierarchy and thoroughly beholden to those who appointed him. As a tough- minded disciplinarian and agile implementer of policy, he is an ideal Secretary. "Deng is once again very much a hands-on leader," said a senior British diplomat...
...anti-choice forces are in a position of strength now. Not because more of the public supports them, but because they have the secure knowledge that the president and the Court support them...