Word: grosse
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...that our problems aren't real. We're too deep in debt. Total American debt -- government, corporate and personal -- stands at a record 190% of our gross national product. Historically, 140% would be a more reasonable level. But the best way to cut the debt isn't necessarily to lay everybody off and have a depression. Massive bankruptcies would wipe out a lot of debt but also make us a lot poorer. No, muddling through is a better idea, working down the debt over many years. By making things for export rather than for our own consumption, by spending more...
...Adrianne Jucius Navon, Nancy Newman, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Zona Sparks, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Susanne Washburn (Senior Staff); Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Nelida Gonzalez Cutler, Sally B. Donnelly, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, David M. Gross, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, Lawrence Mondi, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Megan Rutherford, Andrea Sachs, Patricia Santella, Sophfronia Scott, David Seideman, Sribala Subramanian, David E. Thigpen, Leslie Whitaker, Linda Williams, Linda Young
...been corporate debt, which has forced many companies to take drastic cost-cutting steps. While it may be beneficial for U.S. consumers to prepare for hard times by saving more and spending prudently, an overreaction would be dangerous, since consumer spending accounts for roughly two-thirds of the U.S. gross national product...
...tests that range from electrology to law to the federally sponsored National Assessment of Educational Progress, which measures student achievement in seven subjects. Founded in 1947, ETS has a serene, campus-like headquarters near Princeton University, a staff of 2,960, more than 270 clients (including the Federal Government), gross revenues of $299.7 million -- and seemingly boundless ambitions...
...Adrianne Jucius Navon, Nancy Newman, Susan M. Reed, Elizabeth Rudulph, Zona Sparks, William Tynan, Sidney Urquhart, Susanne Washburn (Senior Staff); Elizabeth L. Bland, Kathleen Brady, Barbara Burke, Wendy Cole, Tom Curry, Nelida Gonzalez Cutler, Sally B. Donnelly, Andrea Dorfman, David Ellis, Kathryn Jackson Fallon, Mary McC. Fernandez, David M. Gross, Janice M. Horowitz, Jeanette Isaac, Sinting Lai, Daniel S. Levy, Lawrence Mondi, Michael Quinn, Jeffery C. Rubin, Megan Rutherford, Andrea Sachs, Patricia Santella, Sophfronia Scott, David Seideman, Sribala Subramanian, David E. Thigpen, Leslie Whitaker, Linda Williams, Linda Young