Word: climbed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Crimson grapplers dug themselves into an early hole yesterday against a team they should have defeated, then fell short in their attempt to climb out and finally succumbed to the Columbia Lions...
There is, therefore, no fundamental conflict between the interests of Americans and third world citizens. The tremendous productivity by which Americans earn their wealth will also help the underdeveloped nations to climb out of poverty, if only given a chance. The goodwill Americans bear towards the third world is exemplified at this moment by the millions of dollars of aid they are voluntarily donating to the victims of the disastrous Guatemalan earthquake. (At the very same time the imperialistc governments of Cuba and the Soviet Union are spending billions to colonize Angola, a goal they have given much toward...
...industry seemed to be an engine thrusting the economy higher. But then came the wave of increases in oil prices. Aviation fuel, which even at lie per gal. in 1973 represented 20% of an airplane's operating costs, soared to 33? in the U.S. (72? abroad). The climb at least doubled the fuel portion of each jumbo jet's operating costs. Inflation drove up landing fees, insurance rates, wages. To stay solvent, the airlines had to hike fares...
Most Wall Streeters are convinced that the immense volume is a strongly bullish sign. They note that even when stock prices dipped briefly last week, they did not go down nearly as much as might have been predicted after so large and so rapid a climb. "We are surprised that the market has run so fast and performed so consistently," says Gary Helms, chief investment strategist at L.F. Rothschild...
...counties. Taliaferro school buses were then used to carry the whites to schools outside the county. When black students tried to board the buses, their way was blocked; in one demonstration, the Grand Dragon of Georgia's Ku Klux Klan attacked a black student who was trying to climb on a bus full of whites...