Word: strong
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...atmosphere in the conference room is one of optimism. There is a strong current toward a solution," Sihanouk told reporters...
...speeds and distances he claimed to have traveled, Herbert demonstrates, were far beyond the ability of men or dogs. Peary's diary, withheld from historians after his death until Herbert analyzed it, proves that he fell short by as much as 30 to 60 miles. So when this strong and single-minded man returned home from his final trip to the far north, a region he had come to feel he owned, his sense of proprietorship required him to claim he had reached the pole. He lied, heroically...
...Gorbachev can take satisfaction and possibly draw some political strength from the evidence in Kuzbass and Donbass that workers may be stirring from the "stagnation" of the Leonid Brezhnev years. The daily Sovetskaya Rossiya put it succinctly: "Perestroika, which has until recently been a 'revolution from above,' is getting strong support from below...
...total retail sales of 0.4% last month and 0.1% in May, the first back-to-back monthly declines since September and October of 1986. Industry is showing the same trend. U.S. factories operated at 83.5% of capacity in June, down from a high of 84.3% in January, a strong indicator that the economy has passed the peak in its current growth cycle...
Homebuilding could be another strong foundation for the economy. Real estate usually takes a tumble just before a recession begins and stages a comeback as a recovery takes hold. This time some economists predict that the housing industry, aided by falling mortgage rates, may bounce back later in the year. Last week the Government reported that housing starts during June rose 7%, to an annual rate of 1.4 million. Even so, some experts are cautious about predicting a housing boon because the rise was entirely attributable to an increase in multifamily houses and apartment buildings. There was no growth...