Word: worsens
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...work effectively together to improve our relations, both bilaterally and within the alliance that assures our liberty and security." Papandreou told a postelection press conference in Athens that he had responded "warmly" to Reagan's words and that "it is not our intention to create unnecessary problems nor to worsen relations." But he also warned of problems that "cannot be wished away...
...preoccupied with domestic problems to needle Greece's allies. During the campaign, he promised to "guarantee the expansion of the welfare state," mainly in the areas of pensions and health care, rather than institute prudent austerity measures. If he pursues that promise, Greece's economic woes might worsen. Inflation now stands at 18.5%, the highest in Western Europe. Unemployment has more than doubled, to 8%; among Greek youth it is estimated to be around 28%. Foreign investment has dried up, local capital has fled the country, and despite European Community subsidies, Greece's foreign debt has risen to $12.5 billion...
...about the concessions to corporations, wealthy individuals and others that the Administration made in order to assemble a politically feasible package. The suggested cut in the rate at which capital gains are taxed and other similar moves, the economists feared, would turn the bill into a revenue loser and worsen the federal deficit. Said Alice Rivlin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office who is now at the Brookings Institution: "My big worry is not only that the President's proposal will be a revenue loser, but that as you move through Congress, the temptation will be to give...
...emphasis given to the military, which absorbs an estimated 14% of the economy's total output, has long meant sacrifice for the Soviet people, and that sacrifice may worsen. In the past year Moscow has been able to generate enough export earnings to pay for most of its imports. Since 1983, however, world prices of such key Soviet natural resources as oil and gold have been falling dramatically. Moreover, Soviet oil production declined by .5% last year, the first drop since World War II. Even though supplies of natural gas are plentiful, export figures have lagged well below Soviet expectations...
...proved to be either effective or efficient as the forum in which to seek redress for alleged wrongs." First Amendment Attorney Floyd Abrams, whose clients have included the New York Times, agreed: "General Westmoreland is clearly the loser . . . The immense risk in seeking vindication is that you will actually worsen your own reputation." But Editor Gene Roberts of the Philadelphia Inquirer contended, "Westmoreland proved that you can cost a major TV network millions of dollars and tie up its management and journalists for months in litigation. The settlement won't diminish these cases, it will increase them...