Word: concernedly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...than any of their European neighbors'. The big worry, also as usual, is rising inflation: though prices increased a mere 2.6% in 1978, inflation so far this year has been running at an annual rate of 7.4%, a figure that might be cheered elsewhere but is regarded with concern in this inflation-phobic nation. German exports are surging and now account for fully 12% of total world trade-the same...
...year to 3.4%, and expectations are that it will go even lower by year's end. Yet Giscard has so far taken only mild measures to conserve oil: lower home heating levels, stricter speed limits and vague ideas on producing a more economical car. Inflation remains a serious concern. Last year, seeking to buck up the investment rate by improving profit margins, the French removed the price controls maintained on many goods. But that kicked living costs up sharply-and is a big reason why 1979 inflation is expected to climb above the officially projected...
...sophisticated, the optical effects are not far-fetched; rather, they are subtly interwoven with "critical" points during the conversation and are sustained just enough to intensify the emotional, as well as ideological aspect of an intimate relationship. In many other sequences, the stationary shots are composed with an evident concern for pictorial arrangement executed in a manner that enhances dramatic conflict, by either equilibrium or disharmony in the distribution of white and dark areas over the screen. Often the shot is divided into two equal segments-one occupied by close-ups of the characters, the other compact with decorative objects...
...Pedigree of Honey Does not concern the Bee- A Clover, any time, to him, Is Aristocracy...
Other experts share Barker's concern. According to Washington State University Entomologist Carl Johansen, some 20,000 bee colonies have already been affected by the capsules. If some city folk regard that as a minor nuisance, they are sadly mistaken. Loss of the bees and the honey they produce (a $125 million-a-year industry) is not the only danger. More than 50 different crops grown in the U.S. depend on bees for pollination. Alfalfa alone requires two or three hives per acre. Bees also play a pivotal role in such favorites as almonds, apples, squash, melons, cherries...