Word: bedevilment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Morbid Epidemic. The reasons are clear enough: prices were rising at a compound annual rate of 16.8% in February, much faster than most families' incomes; spot shortages and high prices of gasoline continue to bedevil shoppers despite last week's lifting of the Arab oil embargo; and Watergate has produced a morbid epidemic of doubt about the country's future. "Inflation is no longer the sole reason for pessimistic expectations," says University of Michigan Economist Jay Schmiedeskamp. "At least half of the gloom comes from Watergate and the energy crisis. The Government plays a large role...
...production range from a repetition of last year's 590 million tons to 650 million tons. Indeed, several New England utilities have already contracted to buy coal from Poland. The industry is having some trouble raising money for expansion. Investors worry particularly about the three gritty problems that bedevil coal...
...times, Chryssa's work is prone to the weaknesses that bedevil a good deal of other technology-oriented...
...written about successful riders before, this is the first time he has identified with a man who has it made. Indeed we are treated to the problems of celebrity. The hero, Edward Lincoln, is a famous movie sex symbol. The ruthless studio connives to exploit him; craven flacks bedevil him. Lincoln, who grew up in a racing stable, promises a dying friend that he will check up on why her expensive South African stable has not had a winner in months. The reason turns out to be pretty obvious, and Francis goes on to other things. Alas for faithful readers...
...Rugby soil, Flashman, Jr. is an evil, scheming individual, but he is his father's running dog, following orders and not just a rotten school bully. And much of the skirmishing between Flashman and Tom takes place outside of Rugby, involving outside allies that Flashman drags in to bedevil Tom. Rugby school plays a much smaller role in the TV serial than it did in Thomas Hughes's nineteenth century novel. The school is only an arena; it is not Tom's selfcontained universe...