1
.
A
recent
article
in
'Era'
Magazine
suggested
ways
to
reduce
inflation
.
The
article
suggested
that
the
president
reduce
the
federal
budget
;
,
it
suggested
that
the
government
reduce
federal
,
state
,
and
local
taxes
.
2
.
The
same
article
said
that
the
causes
of
inflation
were
easy
to
find
;
,
the
cure
of
inflation
was
not
so
easy
to
prescribe
.
3
.
'Era'
also
suggested
that
rising
wages
were
one
of
the
primary
causes
of
inflation
;
the
government
should
take
action
to
control
wages
.
4
.
In
physics
,
the
weight
of
an
object
is
the
gravitation
force
with
which
Earth
attracts
it
;
,
if
a
man
weighs
15
-
pounds
,
this
means
that
Earth
pulls
him
down
with
a
force
of
150
pounds
.
5
.
A
tsunami
is
a
tidal
wave
produced
by
an
earthquake
on
the
ocean
floor
.
The
waves
are
very
long
and
low
in
open
water
,
but
when
they
get
close
to
land
,
they
encounter
friction
because
the
water
is
shallow
.
,
the
waves
increase
in
height
and
can
cause
considerable
damage
when
they
finally
reach
land
.
TIME
One
stereotype
about
Americans
says
that
they
are
overly
concerned
with
time
.
One
of
the
first
things
you
notice
is
that
for
Americans
,
time
seems
as
valuable
as
money
.
,
they
even
have
a
saying
,
"
Time
is
money
.
"
,
have
you
noticed
many
verbs
can
be
followed
by
both
time
and
money
?
,
you
can
spend
time
,
save
time
,
lose
time
,
find
time
,
make
time
,
waste
time
,
and
run
out
of
time
.
Similarly
,
you
can
spend
,
save
,
lose
,
find
,
make
,
waste
,
and
run
out
of
money
.
,
Americans
seem
to
regard
time
as
a
"
thing
"
that
one
can
own
.
You
can
have
time
,
buy
time
,
and
take
time
.
(
One
wonders
how
much
it
costs
and
where
it
is
taken
)
.
The
piece
of
evidence
that
Americans
are
obsessed
with
time
is
their
obsession
with
being
on
time
.
,
people
who
are
habitually
late
risk
punishment
ranging
from
frowning
disapproval
to
losing
their
jobs
.
The
proof
is
that
these
poor
people
sometimes
take
courses
in
time
management
.
That
is
really
overdoing
it
.
Don't
you
agree
?
Crear