Word: traded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Legalize marijuana [Jan. 29]. Think of the advantages: a new taxable market, a reduction in the trade deficit (by growing and consuming domestic crops) and an end to all the corruption and violence that come with imported...
...earlier panel discussion centered on business openings on the international market. Vernon Stansbury, an administrator with the U.S. Commerce Department, stressed the need for minority businessmen on the international market. "In international trade, whites are in the minority," he said...
...Thatcher government would be to limit union power by passing legislation to outlaw closed union shops and rule out secondary picketing in which striking workers can disable factories not directly involved in disputes. Many Britons sympathize; a Gallup poll showed that 84% of citizens felt that national trade unions were too powerful. It was their lowest popularity rating in 40 years of polling...
...munched, drunk, flown, pedaled or driven in 69 countries. His latest coup is an agreement to serve as exclusive consultant to China's embryonic fashion industry. The Parisian may have his haute couture models reproduced in China, where the workmanship is exquisite and cheap, creating a new export trade for the Middle Kingdom. If the contract works out, 10% of Cardin-Cathay will be reserved for sale inside China, which is probably wise, considering the fact that in France even a readymade Cardin frock sells for at least $200, as much as the average Chinese worker's income...
...cream of the contemporary crop of slogans is still found in the creations of the advertising trade, which of course was the first to exploit psychology and behaviorism to turn the art of persuasion into a quasi-science. The success of its catchwords is confirmed by retail sales figures that make even the national deficit seem a trifle...