Word: higher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chomsky spoke at the first of nine Tuesday dinners sponsored by the Boston/Cambridge Ministry in Higher Education...
...Walter Flowers, 45, whose courtly eloquence was a highlight of the Nixon impeachment proceedings in the House. While Flowers campaigned as an insider who knew his way around the nation's capital, Heflin berated him for being "part of the Washington crowd that has brought more inflation and higher taxes." Heflin, on the other hand, owed a debt to another Washingtonian. His campaign slogan was the same as Nixon's in 1972: "Now More Than Ever." In Alabama politics, anything goes...
Although no country has more ties to the U.S., anti-American feeling now runs higher in the Philippines than at any time since they gained independence in 1946. Increasing nationalism has made many Filipinos resentful of the conspicuous signs of American influence. The U.S. embassy in Manila is one of the largest in the world, with a staff of 813. Even some of Marcos' opponents felt that the U.S. stance on human rights was a crude intervention in Manila's domestic affairs. Local businessmen complain that their coconut oil is heavily taxed when it enters American ports, while...
...past, housing collapsed when interest rates rose, because mortgage lenders ran out of cash. Depositors would take their money out of savings and loan associations, which are limited by law as to how much interest they can pay, and put it into Treasury bills and other higher-yielding paper. But lately mortgage lenders have developed new financial gimmicks that enable them to compete for funds, even when money gets tight. One innovation: high-interest certificates of deposit (CDs), with a yield that is one-quarter of a point above the Treasury bill rate at the time of purchase. In July...
...buyers, this will mean not only slightly better mileage but higher sticker prices. Citing, among other things, the cost of making their cars more fuel-efficient, the Big Three have raised their prices about 4% as the new model-year begins, and further hikes may be ahead. Inflation long ago drove the automakers to abandon single-shot increases for an entire model-year. Now the hikes come in bits and pieces. Ford's Mustang, for example, increased in price 14% from the start of the '78 model-year to now. The average price of a U.S.-made...