Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...even sexual prosperity. The king himself was expected to initiate the proceedings at the waning of the moon, when man's powers were said to go into decline, so that the ritual climax could occur at full moon, when man's powers were thought to be at their height. Then, on the final night of the ritual cycle, the king and his court would subject themselves to the attacks of the people and the princes...
...transit customers has been matched by an increase in auto traffic on the Bay and Golden Gate bridges. The same pattern holds for the Metro in Washington, B.C., where the number of bus riders is steadily dwindling from a peak of 2.6 million passengers a week at the height of the energy shortage in March. Another gas-saving alternative-car pooling-has caught on only in Washington, and there only because the Federal Government is actively promoting the habit. New rules for parking lots next to Government buildings give priority for coveted close-in spaces to cars with more than...
When pop was at its height in the early '60s, it seemed that nearly every young painter in America was churning out his or her cigarette packets, car grilles, Mickey Mice and talking Coke bottles. The result was a babel to surpass the ceaseless yammer of neons in Times Square. The problem of how to survive in this battering surplus of gratuitous images became acute for the serious artist, especially when the public became surfeited by having its quotidian environment rammed back down its throat, lubricated by an arty sauce...
...Babe was a simple man fond of his creature comforts, liquor, women and fancy cars. He rose from humble origins (although not an orphan, he was placed in an institution for orphans by his father) to be more popular than the President of the United States. At the height of his success and his salary, reporters pointed out to the Bambino that at $80,000 a year, he was making more than President Hoover ($75,000). "What the hell," Ruth said, "I had a better year than he did last year...
...economic impact of such a large complex will also increase pressure to develop land commercially around Harvard Square. The fight last year over the height of the Holiday Inn presages the future. The inexorable trend toward high-rise and toward tourist related development would surely accelerate. Land prices in low-income residential neighborhoods would rise, continuing the pressure on low-income citizens to leave Cambridge. Land values in the more affluent neighborhoods will diminish as the congestion affects the desirability of Cambridge as an attractive residential community...