Word: bitingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bite on an average black-and-white TV set increased by $8, to $50, pushed up the total purchase tag to just above $200. The government's cut on a $4,860 diamond bracelet is now $1,620 v. $1,080 in pre-Jenkins times; not surprisingly, the jewelers passed the increases along to the customers. The new $1,270 tag on British Motors' Austin Mini reflects a $48 rise in the old $233 purchase tax. Not forgetting the rich, Jenkins also imposed a new one-year levy on investment income, creating a situation in which...
...youngsters are tapping him on the shoulder and saying, "Move over, Dad." This spring, as never before, professional golf has been invaded by an army of ambitious newcomers who can belt a ball every bit as far as their elders (or farther), dig divots on the greens with the bite of their approach shots, and putt as if the cups were canyons. Their dedication, determination and disrespect ("Arnie who?") underline their promise. Five of the best...
...want the club to keep going," another Alumni member said, "but we're just not willing to bite into capital...
Although Grania is the chief culprit, the three of them bark and bite at one other all night in a manner not unlike the Tyrones in Long Day's Journey into Night. Lady Gregory's penchant for folk dialect and fairly elaborate imagery prevent the encounters from being quite so acerbic, and give the characters a sort of distance. There's not an awful lot you can do with only two or three characters on stage, and director John Pym settles for movement that is simple and unobtrusive...
Climbing Rates. This year's spurt of borrowing has already driven interest rates up by ½%, to 7¼% for ordinary Eurobonds. To keep rates from climbing higher, some European central banks have been feeding dollars into the private market. U.S. corporate borrowers have kept the interest bite down to 5% by making their offerings eligible for later conversion to common stock. Though conversions dilute the value of shares owned by existing stockholders, the 2% difference in interest could mean a $6,000,000 saving over the 20-year life of $30 million of bonds...