Word: boom
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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More Cutting. Now, however, as frightened consumers retreat further into their shell and unsold goods pile up, the capital spending boom is fading. Discounted for inflation, it has been dropping for the past six months and is sure to fall even more in 1975 (see chart). The result: an even greater likelihood that the recovery, when it comes, will be low and slow...
...drilling north of the 62nd parallel, where most of the nation's 30,000 fishermen live and work. The fishermen fear that oil spills and giant rigs will destroy their fishing banks. Besides being the mainstay of the nation's economic prosperity-at least until the oil boom-the fishermen represent a potent political force. Their displeasure could easily cost Prime Minister Trygve Bratteli his razor-thin coalition majority in the 1977 election...
From January to June, foreign sales rose by 50%, creating an illusory feeling of boom in the chemical industry...
...skimpy 5000-6000 foot heights fool you either. The long trails take up the slack that the short heights give, and the mountains are amenable to snow-shoeing, skiing, and various other boom outdoor industries...
Tryon. We local extras like to think our little community is a far sight nicer place to live than those boom villages Mr. Try-on built for The Other and Harvest Home. No weird twins up to supernatural devilment here, nosir, and no mythical human sacrifices either. Oh, we've had our odd sexual fandangos, if you get my drift, but if that's all you're after, you'll want to head on over to Peyton Place. Lots more action there...