Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...believed. In December board members thought that the rate of price increases for 1976 would be about 6.6% (as measured by the Consumer Price Index); since then, 6% has become the standard forecast. Now some board members foresee even a slightly slower pace-perhaps 5.7%. Main reason: food and fuel prices have declined more than expected...
...will be increasing numbers of Third World citizens and a proportionately decreasing number of Westerners. There will be smaller concentrations of young Americans, and larger colonies of old ones. Working hours will drop; the political power of women and ethnic minorities will rise. Leisure will expand; traditional food and fuel supplies will diminish. Longevity will increase-and so will the dangers of ecological mismanagement and military conflict...
...outcome. Says Dung: "Nguyen Van Thieu was forced to fight a poor man's war." He adds that Saigon's "firepower had declined by nearly 60% because of bomb and ammunition shortages. Its mobility was reduced by half, owing to the lack of aircraft, vehicles and fuel...
...fears of a new burst of inflation are put to rest. A cheaper pound will give British goods a price edge in world markets; it is already driving hordes of bargain-hunting tourists from the U.S. and Europe to Britain. But the drop in sterling will also add fuel to the nation's inflation by increasing the cost of imports, including such essentials as food and raw materials...
...Lines) that later became part of United Airlines, and its purpose was to mark a half-century of commercial aviation in the U.S. The milestone, however, comes at a less than auspicious time for most major carriers. Buffeted by a recession-induced fall-off in air travel, exploding fuel costs and damaging uncertainties about Government regulation, the industry has been bucking one of the stormiest business climates in its history...