Word: brakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...change was backed by Archbishop Runcie, but its main proponent was Bishop John Taylor of Winchester. Said he: "The rush is on, and if the brake hasn't held, we have to do something else. We are dealing with a social epidemic." British reaction was generally favorable, but the decision does add to the long list of problems complicating reunion with the Roman Catholic Church...
...prices to jump even more after decontrol. Price increases, though, were held back a little by the high oil stocks around the world. Walter Heller, former economic adviser to President Kennedy, also pointed out that lower than expected increases in housing and food prices had acted as a brake on inflation, and he foresees less steeply rising prices for a few months...
...drivers claim other advantages. Insists Jane Flint, a Washington advertising researcher who actually grew up in Detroit without ever learning to back or brake: "I feel I have more freedom than most of my friends, forever hopping into the car with a fabric swatch in their hands, driving the kids to the dentist when they could just as well have walked, driving back to the market to buy some forgotten item, picking up the kids from the dentist, back downtown again-this goes on all day long." Fortunately, says Flint, her children "don't have arcane tastes...
Until recently, bulging worldwide inventories in the oil-importing nations acted as a brake on rising prices. But the war between Iran and Iraq, which has cut total OPEC production by about 3.5 million bbl. per day, has created pressure for higher prices. Repeated bombings and shellings have reduced to rubble the refineries and export facilities in the two countries, and experts believe that it would take up to a year after hostilities ended before normal export levels could be resumed...
...cautious on the road or a hotshot, it upsets nearly everyone. Especially the macho types. It's a heavy landing for them to find out they really can't drive and are nowhere near the limits of the car." For reassurance, the student looks at the special brake pedal installed on the passenger side of Scott's Malibu for the instructor to use if a student panics and freezes...