Word: healthiest
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...such traditional preslump signals as climbing inflation and badly shaken consumer confidence. On the contrary, prices continue to hold steady and shoppers have been in a fairly good mood. The Commerce Department reported last week that November retail sales were up 1.8%. That early Christmas-season gain, the healthiest monthly increase since April, helped allay retailers' fears that holiday buying would be weak. Other key indicators showed that November industrial production grew .4%, the first gain in three months, while stocks of unsold goods remain lean...
...percentage points to stem runaway speculation against the lira-all in close cooperation with the IMF. A year later, the fund granted Italy a $530 million stand-by loan, thus opening the door to commercial credit markets. Within four years, Italy's reserve holdings were among the healthiest in Western Europe...
Twenty-five years ago, it was among the healthiest of Japanese industries: six thriving studios produced 503 films that sold more than 1.1 billion tickets in 7,067 theaters. Today, in an entertainment world that moves to Sony Walkman rhythms and Pac-Man blips, Japanese cinema is troubled and timid. The five studios that have survived the national movie recession of the past decade or so-Toho, Toei, Shochiku, Nikkatsu and Daiei-find their profits in real estate, supermarket chains, Kabuki theater troupes and bowling alleys. Most of the 322 films produced last year were roman poruno, or lowbudget, soft...
...week layoff from competition could also work to the Crimson's disadvantage, but, Martin says. "The time off has been very good. Without having to travel and play heavy games, we're the healthiest we've been all year...
That women in politics are no longer a monolith is perhaps the healthiest sign of progress. That women actually take both sides of so-called women's issues, that they are successfully infiltrating both parties (all five women entering Congress in 1980 were in fact Republicans) indicates that they are shedding their image as a cohesive interest group. Increasingly, they appear normal politicians, not single-issue lubbyists...