Word: crunch
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their season in the sun abruptly Crimsoned by the score of 22-7, the initial press releases from New Haven recall 1979 as merely a "very fine" season--mild language for pre-season publicity dispatches, particularly those of an 8-1 defending champion. Presumably, if the perennially powerful Bulldogs crunch the Crimson this year, they will have enjoyed a "great" season...
...their season in the sun abruptly Crimsoned by the score of 22-7, the initial press releases from New Haven recall 1979 as merely a "very fine" season--mild language for pre-season publicity dispatches, particularly those of an 8-1 defending champion. Presumably, if the perennially powerful Bulldogs crunch the Crimson this year, they will have enjoyed a "great" season...
Whatever their longer term views, independent observers agree that the U.S.S.R. will suffer some Western-style energy headaches in the next few years. Indeed, the Soviets are already suffering the first symptoms of the coming crunch. Gasoline prices have doubled during the past two years, to roughly $1.25 per gal. Plans to expand car production beyond the present million-a-year level have been shelved; talk of building a second large automobile and truck factory has ceased; and Pravda, the Communist Party newspaper, has printed lengthy exhortations to conserve energy. Except at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, where many foreign...
...Zealand. More are hidden under the sea. The ancients were convinced that eruptions occurred because of the anger of the gods; today's scientists have a more modern theory. It is generally believed that the giant, continent-size plates forming the earth's outer shell crunch together in certain places, such as along the Ring of Fire. On plate slips under, heats up and begins to melt. This molten material, or magma, is lighter than neighboring and slowly rises, often triggering earth tremors. Eventually the magma may break through the surface as lava. In some cases, like that...
...that was missed in 1973-74 at the time of the embargo to send a message about fuel economy and energy." The renewed interest in big cars peaked in the fall of 1978, just as the Shah of Iran was toppling and the world was heading for another energy crunch. There were waiting lists for big Ford Lips and Dodge St. Regises. GM was considering converting a Chevette plant to the production of full-size models, and Ford was rationing V-8 engines. But when gas lines developed in the spring of 1979, history repeated itself as farce. Consumers again...