Word: worsens
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...School sources say that after a ten-month search, Robert C. Clark will be named as the new Law School dean. Though Clark is widely regarded as a distinguished corporate law scholar, his outspoken criticism of the radical Critical Legal Studies movement raises concern that the appointment will worsen the sharp division between the school's liberal and conservative faculty...
...spurt in interest rates could make even that projection seem unduly optimistic. The higher rates would boost the Government's cost of borrowing for the bailout, as well as worsen S & L losses by raising the interest that ) the thrifts must pay depositors. To calm fears of a possible run on deposits, Greenspan said last week that the Fed will provide cash to any insolvent S & Ls that need it to meet withdrawals...
...oath to deal with the deficit." Weinberger retorted that there was nothing "so sacred" about Social Security that should prevent it from being tapped for defense. An outraged AFL-CIO president Lane Kirkland vowed to oppose any such moves, with street protests if necessary. The divisions are likely to worsen after the presidential election, since the candidates have admonished the panel to move in different directions...
City officials debated various propositions for keeping out the sea, but there was no simple solution. A series of permanent dams was ruled out because that would worsen the city's already serious water pollution. Without the cleansing flow of tides into and out of the lagoon, the buildup of sewage and agricultural runoff would become intolerable. In 1982 the Italian government turned to a group of more than two dozen design, engineering and construction companies, mostly Italian, known as the New Venice Consortium. After five years of study, the consortium's engineers came up with a novel design...
...spread the bales over a one-acre field. Last week Wright was collecting a $5 parking fee, then permitting ragpickers to take away whatever they could carry. There were a few drawbacks: no dressing rooms, no alterations, and the "as is" nature of the merchandise, a condition likely to worsen as time and weather take their toll. But never mind. Bargain hunters jamming local roads certainly...