Word: widening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prices will rise by as much as a 6% annual rate, compared with last year's 4.4%. But others voice concern that the hike in the discount rate could damage the economy. Democratic Senator James Sasser of Tennessee is concerned that higher interest rates could strengthen the dollar and widen the trade deficit. A rising dollar tends to make U.S. exports less attractive to overseas consumers at the same time that imports become less expensive for American buyers...
...speed setting. To these have been added some new twists, including infrared beams for focusing in the dark, automatic exposure compensation for subjects that are lit from behind, and a built-in zoom lens for wide-angle and telephoto shots with a flash unit smart enough to narrow or widen its beams accordingly. The zoom lens of the Chinon Genesis is hand operated; in the Yashica Samurai and Olympus Infinity SuperZoom 300 it is powered by push-button controls...
...order to relieve congestion at the junction of Routes 2 and 16, the project would widen Route 2 and connect it with the Fresh Pond Parkway by a new road...
...result, the two nominees may be chosen not because of such peripheral factors as media-fueled momentum but because they did the best at winning delegates from all corners of the country. Not only would this widen the process of groping toward a post-Reagan consensus, it would also be the best way to reduce the tribalism and factionalism that now infect both parties...
Despite the election of two prodivestmentoverseers to the Board this year, even alumni saythey sense a falling off of interest in the issue.Two weeks ago, the group that sponsored thepetition candidates, Alumni Against Apartheid(AAA), decided to widen its agenda beyonddivestment. Organizers said they made the decisionin part because they didn't feel they couldattract new members to the organization solely onthe basis of divestment