Word: braked
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Steel demand tapered as the strike threat faded, and import competition remained stiff, serving to dampen any inclination toward rises in basic steel prices. Industrial investment this year will scale an alltime peak of $50 billion; that will expand capacity and reduce pressure on marginal plant. One powerful psychological brake to inflation: General Motors' decision to hold the line in auto prices (see following story...
...Seminaries, who says that "we are only at the beginning of a pontificate that promises to be truly great." Others agree with Atlanta's Archbishop Paul Hallinan that the Pope's cautious approach to progress is precisely what is needed for the church today. "We need some kind of brake for safety's sake," he says. "If we move too fast, we may not have time to communicate properly with our clergy and our laymen...
Nowhere has Paul's desire for balance and consensus been more apparent than in his dealings with the council, where time and again he has acted as a brake on the progressive majority. Occasionally his brake is well-executed. He took the crucial birth-control problem from council hands?which on the surface displays little faith in collegiality. Now, however, some Catholic thinkers feel that he may be more progressive on the issue than most of the bishops, and that he will gradually introduce a change in the church's stand that will ultimately leave the decision on birth limitation...
...then it was dubbed Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, not only because of its long, subtly curving fuselage and odd little canard wing, but because of its unenviable test record. On its first test last October, a brake locked on landing, sending up a spectacular shower of sparks and flame. Six subsequent tests were not much more impressive...
...After years of seeking solid statistical proof of their value, I have found it: of 34 persons killed on the New Jersey Turnpike last year, not one was wearing a seat belt. There is something else the automakers should do: place the ignition switch and the emergency brake near the middle of the dashboard, so that a front-seat passenger can reach them in case the driver is incapacitated. GILBERT CANT New York City...