Six Separate Recessions Marked the Two Decades from 1966 Through

Six separate recessions marked the two decades from 1966 through 2002,

A) but the long-term trend of real GDP in the United States was nonetheless upward.
B) and the result was a 20-year period during which real GDP did not climb at all in the United States.
C) and their effects were so serious that real GDP in the United States was actually lower in 1985 than it was in 1966.
D) and they caused the total number of people employed in the United States to be smaller in 1985 than it was in 1966.
E) none of the above.