Word: climbed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...demonstrators trudged around the outside of the nearly-completed facility in the pouring rain, looking for places to climb the fence. They spread blankets across the barbed wire on the top of the fences, and then jumped into the arms of police who hustled them away to waiting schoolbuses...
...Unemployment will climb from 5.8% now to a peak of 7.3%, or perhaps higher, by the second quarter...
...irresistible force is about to collide with an immovable object. The force is the average American's desire to climb into his auto and take off, regardless of revolutions in Iran, soaring gasoline prices or presidential appeals to drive less. Gasoline demand has increased 3% since last year. No decrease at all has been noticeable since President Carter in April called on every motorist to reduce driving by 15 miles a week...
...They came back because they were in such incredible condition," J.V. cox Alexandra Dixon recalls. From that shaky start, Harvard's only undefeated crew for 1979 just continued the uphill climb. As J.V. six seat and team captain Jeff Cooley says, "It seems like J.V. lightweight crews at Harvard are destined...
...bigger benefit of decontrol will come from increased domestic production. When prices are free to climb to the world level, domestic output is likely to rise as companies pump more oil out of existing wells that are now uneconomical to keep on stream. The battle between Carter and the oil industry over his windfall profits tax concerns whether decontrol will also lead to increased exploration and drilling of new wells that will raise production. The President has repeatedly hit the industry with the charge that oilmen will just pocket the profits from decontrol. Even under existing price controls, however...