Word: clamor
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...occurred. If it has, the department will calculate the dumping margin, which is the difference between Japanese manufacturers' costs and their selling prices. Compensatory duties could then be imposed on Japanese chip imports. By dealing forcefully with specific trade problems, the White House hopes it can quiet the clamor from Congress for more protectionism...
...public clamor for quicker, more effective action in the war on toxic wastes is fully justified, the expectation of easy or fast fixes is not. Some 66,000 chemicals are being used in the U.S.; EPA has classified 60,000 of them as potentially, if not definitely, hazardous to human health. They have been dumped or buried for years on the plausible but, as it turned out, ! tragically wrong theory that they would lose their toxicity during the decades it would take them to drift through layers of soil and rock into deep water supplies. There...
...popular clamor, according to most Congressmen, is for legis lation to protect industries--and jobs--threatened by foreign competition. Reagan, an avowed free trader, tried to deflate congressional pressure last week by threatening to retaliate against several countries, including Japan, if they do not curtail unfair trade barriers against various U.S. products, ranging from leather shoes to canned fruit. But Congress will not be easily assuaged. Declares Louisiana Democrat Buddy Roemer: "My district says that America is Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. Lead, Mr. President...
...Administration's rejection of relief for the shoe industry is sure to exacerbate the clamor in Congress to impose quotas, raise tariffs and otherwise stifle free trade. There are now more than 200 bills on Capitol Hill that seek aid for products ranging from petrochemicals to waterbed liners. As the trade deficit grows to an estimated $150 billion this year, the drive to block imports is gaining momentum...
...Angel Cordero had agreed with a poisonous smile, "but I promise you one thing, Eternal Prince won't ever get in front of my horse." His horse was Spend A Buck. Fidgeting inside the fifth slot of the gate, Eternal Prince cocked his head left and right at every clamor and curiosity. His start was inevitably dull, and Cordero was gone. Finishing one-two, Cordero and Laffit Pincay only reconfirmed their eminence in the sport, though almost all of the other principals were extraordinary...