Word: coasters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Exorcist, which constantly kept your stomach gnarled waiting for what atrocity you would be subjected to next, shark attacks in Jaws are well spaced until the end when Spielberg turns it on full force, Swooping you up and whooshing you down, it's the fun of a fishy roller coaster ride. Spielberg is better at the slow thrills--that sort of slither up on you and let you fall quicker than the lightning shocks. The shot of Ben Gardner's one-eyed face was about as plastic and unbelievable as a horror house thrill at Disneyworld...
...Accord. In sum, a consensus seems to be forming that something should be done to get the world off the price roller coaster. This does not mean, however, that anything will actually be done. So far, Kissinger has offered little more than a willingness to talk, and some deeply divisive issues must be overcome before any stabilization agreements can be reached. For one thing, the U.S., which produces 85% of its own raw materials, still believes that the free market balances supply and demand well enough so that stabilization pacts should only smooth out the wilder swings; but many developing...
...West into recession, commodities prices tumbled, in some cases to a third of what they had been at the peak. Copper, for example, rose nearly 300% in 17 months, peaking at $1.40 per Ib. a year ago; this month the price fell as low as 560. The roller-coaster performance took its toll on producers and consumers alike. The price upswing aggravated inflation in industrialized countries. The downturn sent shock waves through the nonindustrialized Third World nations, some of whom depend heavily on commodities production for income, and added to pressures for OPEC-style cartels for raw materials other than...
...things--first, for the eternal appeal of the rogue, the high-energy, affable cheap who spends more money than he screws out of other people; second, for the miasma of the thirties, the thrill of the moment when you can no longer be sure that the roller coaster you're on is going to carry you up again, and you just lay back and abandon yourself to the pleasures of a swift rocketing downwards...
...city of Detroit, which rides the auto industry's undulations as if on a roller coaster, has yet to feel the worst of the downturn in car sales. Though auto layoffs have driven joblessness to 11.8% in the city, auto workers who have at least one year's seniority will qualify for supplemental unemployment benefits, or SUB, tacked on to unemployment compensation; the total can go as high as 95% of take-home pay for a 40-hour work week. But SUB funds, supplied by companies as part of the union contract, are not infinite and could expire...