Word: worsens
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Precise federal sentencing standards will limit judges but worsen prison crowding. -- CIA Protester Amy Carter goes free...
...largest concerns was that it would worsen the climate in this country for teaching about the Soviet Union to future generations," said Susan Alexander, executive director of Educators for Social Responsibility, a member of the coalition. "However, I think what's happening instead is that it's generating a very healthy, needed discussion in the country about our national attitude towards the Soviet Union in a nuclear world," she said...
Sloppy service could become more than just a domestic annoyance. Economists have begun to warn that slipping standards could cost the U.S. its international competitive standing in services and thus worsen the country's trade problems. Japanese banks, for example, have already made inroads into the U.S. market. In the November-December issue of the Harvard Business Review, Professor James Quinn and Researcher Christopher Gagnon of Dartmouth's Amos Tuck School of Business contend that many U.S. service businesses have developed the same shortsighted habits and inattention to quality that American manufacturers have been guilty of -- with disastrous results. "While...
...that higher fees on imports could raise anywhere from $10 billion to $30 billion annually, depending on the type of surcharges imposed. The duties would have the beneficial side effect of reducing the trade deficit and helping American industries, but would surely invite retaliation by other countries and might worsen the U.S. trading position in the long run. Many economists advocate a more focused tax on imported oil, which would not only boost revenues but also encourage conservation and reduce dependence on foreign supplies...
...doubt the epidemic will worsen before it abates. Experts now estimate that by the early 1990's there will be more than 270,000 cumulative cases of AIDS in the United States; 179,000 individuals will have died as a result of the disease. Moreover, it is now clear that the disease is transmitted heterosexually and does not discriminate according to any predefined "risk-group." In short, AIDS is a biologically complex medical problem that has all the makings of a major medical disaster...