Word: growed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Inflation, already at double-digit levels in the U.S. and climbing rapidly in many other industrial nations, will go still higher. Economic growth will slow to at best a crawl, and unemployment will grow, in the U.S. by perhaps as much as 1.4 million in the next twelve months. In short, for the second time in a decade, the threat of an OPEC-induced global slump is imminent...
Unlike wine, great poems do not require aging. But they must wait for an audience to grow up to them. While this process takes place, another pleasure is promised. Mirabell foretells a concluding sequel, when the angels themselves will speak. Since Merrill, 53, already writes like one, it will be hard to wait for what they have to say. NATURAL HISTORIES by Leslie Ullman Yale University; 53 pages; $8.95 hardcover, $3.95 paperback
Travelers are still waiting to see if the inconvenience of the gas lines is going to disappear or grow worse. In the meantime, some are beginning to wonder a little whether the whole idea of the vacation-an institution sacrosanct in American habit-makes much sense...
...going up!" He throws the pickup into a fast U-turn. He turns on the AM radio just in time to hear an unmistakable crackle. "If I didn't know better," Moore shouts, "I'd say that was lightning!" As the truck speeds through Cheyenne, the skies grow darker...
...rationing of shoes touched off hoarding of clothes, and the rationing of canned meats and fish started panic buying of canned vegetables and fruit. Another lesson is that scarcity is not essential to hoarding. In 1973, reporting a Congressman's fatuous remark that supplies might grow short, TV Host Johnny Carson touched off nationwide panic buying of toilet paper...