Word: worsens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...While U.S. and Chinese officials furiously scribbled notes, Brzezinski in his staccato voice outlined the American view of global problems, particularly concerning Soviet moves in Africa and the Middle East. He described Soviet policies in Africa as "stupid" and predicted that Moscow's relations on the continent would worsen. Pulling out maps and multicolored charts, he analyzed the world strategic balance, insisting that the U.S. was growing stronger, while world political and social trends were running against the Soviets. He even briefed his hosts on new U.S. weapons systems. His point was to show that the SALT talks between...
More ominously, the production of the neutron bomb furnishes the Pentagon with the option of a tactical skirmish that could easily escalate into a full-scale strategic war. Besides increasing the nuclear threat confronting our society, deployment of the weapon will only worsen relations with the Soviet Union and make a farce of all disarmament talks. With all these adverse effects to consider, it is imperative that Carter maintain his heretofore tentative stand against U.S. production of the neutron bomb...
COAL. Administration officials are concerned that any coal settlement will worsen the wage spiral. Says Brill: "There are contracts for 740,000 construction workers coming up between March and June. I just hope they don't read the papers, because a lot of their wives are going to be around reminding them of that 38.8% [prospective coal wage-and-benefit increase] over three years." In addition companies will also bid up the price of nonunion coal, switch to higher-priced fuels or make up for lost work by scheduling costly overtime when the strike ends. Those moves could boost...
...educational analysts agree: the academic job market looks bleak now, and during the coming decade it will worsen considerably. Optimists estimate annual job openings will plummet from the current level of 15,000 to about 4500 during the early 1980s...
...biggest import, would not be affected (no longshore labor is required to unload them), but the bulk carriers that haul grain, a huge export item, out of New Orleans and other Gulf Coast ports would be stopped. So the nation's already worrisome trade deficit would worsen. That would be a high price to pay for ensuring the incomes of a few thousand dock workers who fill a dwindling need anyway...