Word: worsens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first few prosecutions [for violating draft registration laws] are unsuccessful, compliance with the registration requirement is liable to worsen significantly. Consequently it is imperative that the initial prosecutions be successful." --An Internal Justice Department memo dated March...
Wall St.'s conclusion that the current recession will not worsen was another factor in the market's turn--around, Putnam said. The stock market is saying that economic recovery is looming at an uncertain future point, he added...
What's not so clear is the cause of the difficulties, which first showed up over a year ago and which continue to worsen as consultants test for a solution. President Horner is now awaiting the results of the tests before deciding whether to open portions of the gym--such as the main court area--that are still in playing condition...
...conditions in El Salvador worsen, this outcome seems ever less likely. Admits a top State Department official: "The Caribbean Basin Initiative can't save El Salvador. It can't save Guatemala either. But it can help avoid other El Salvadors." At this turbulent turn, even that would be a major victory. -By Walter Isaacson. Reported by Bernard Diederich/Miami and Johanna McGeary/Washington...
...board members expected that the current recession would worsen. They predicted that unemployment, which was 8.5% in January, will rise to 9.5% by spring, the highest level since World War II. Not only are millions of Americans without paychecks, but millions more are so fearful of being laid off that they are forgoing new autos and appliances and scrimping on clothes. These lost sales lower industrial production and give self-sustaining momentum to the recession...