Word: worth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...those who missed Robert Altman's ICA presentation/disintegration last week, tough luck--it was almost worth the $4.50. Actually, Altman was delightful at his press conference in the afternoon, (SEE SCRUTINY, page one) but appeared flustered by a) the technical problems (the projector belt broke) and b) the obnoxious boneheads in the audience, who asked every conceivable sort of stupid question. ("I'm Joe Blow from B.U., and I'm getting my M.F.A. in theater this year, and I want to know if you'll be needing any apprentices..." Altman: "I won't be needing...
...wasn't worth the trip up," Arnos said...
Were the findings worth the $5 million spent during the investigation? Said Preyer: "It was important that something be done for the peace of mind of the country. We have succeeded in putting to rest some of the doubts. Some questions, however, never will be answered...
...capital but bothered by high-priced labor, they moved factories to countries where investment was welcome and labor was cheap. Many big firms do not export finished products because they already produce them abroad. According to a confidential State Department study, U.S. multinationals in 1970 were producing $200 billion worth of goods abroad. That was nearly five times greater than total U.S. exports and, if anything, the gap has widened. The large American multinationals, such as GM, Ford, ITT, Kodak and IBM, understandably do not wish to undercut their foreign operations by increasing exports of finished products from...
...dependents pocketed precisely $182.49, up 5.1% from a year ago. But inflation has made a mockery of the increase, and in fact Mr. Average is 2.5% poorer than he was last year and near ly 4.5% poorer than in 1972. Back then, his take-home pay of $121.68 was worth $96.80 in 1967 dollars. In those terms, the buying power of the pay he pocketed in August 1978 was only...