Word: weakenesses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...times popped up last week, when the Government reported that the U.S. trade deficit surged in November to $12.5 billion, up from $10.3 billion the previous month. The stalled progress in narrowing the trade gap brings into question a central assumption of U.S. trade strategy: that the weak dollar will continue to shrink the deficit by making U.S. exports cheaper overseas and imported goods more expensive for American shoppers. But U.S. imports just keep on rising. That partly reflects what some economists have begun to call "hysteresis" -- a fancy term for the notion that new habits, like old ones...
...succeeds, and by playing up Lampitt's possible suicide and probable homosexuality, turns the life of a justifiably forgotten literary figure into a scandalous best seller. "One accomplishes nothing so stylishly as the thing in which one has no belief," thinks Julian. "Gigolos probably make better lovers than those weak with desire; the best politicians are those who are most like actors; the most influential churchmen are those who seem furthest from the ideals of the Gospel...
...studies are far from conclusive. They contradict about 30 previous surveys, nearly all of which indicated that the Pill is safe. Last week an advisory committee of the Food and Drug Administration met to review the handful of studies suggesting otherwise. The panel's conclusion: the evidence is too weak to warrant a change in pill use or a new warning label. But the group admitted that the issue is not settled and called for further research...
...usual, Barry's response has been weak. He accused the "white" media, i.e. The Washington Post, of harassing him. Barry said he would investigate the matter and offered no explanation of his presence in the hotel room...
...Plains shot into the limelight with Jimmy Carter and sunk back into the kudzu like Brigadoon. Then there was Hyannis, Mass., which metamorphosed from a decent summer community into the world capital of turquoise John F. Kennedy ashtrays. The place has never recovered from the combination of Kennedy mystique, weak zoning and bad taste...