Word: higher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...being generated now by the unfair effects of inflation, which include automatic tax increases without a vote or political discussion. One example: automatic increases in the tax assessment of houses in California, the development that led to Proposition 13. A nationwide grievance is the way inflation pushes people into higher tax brackets even though their real income may be slipping...
...bonuses that come close to equaling regular wages. One result is that productivity has risen so fast that since 1934 prices for Lincoln's products have increased only one-fifth as much as the consumer price index. Professor Grayson sees that as good proof of his thesis that higher productivity can whip inflation...
...these charred reeds provided the carbon that combined with the molten iron ore to produce steel. Eight ceramic blowpipes, or tuyeèo a goatskin bellows outside. Using these pipes to force preheated air into the furnace, which was fueled by charcoal, the Haya were able to achieve temperatures higher than 1800° C (3275° F.), high enough to produce their carbon steel...
...benefits since the President unveiled it as part of his National Energy Act in April, 1977. The Department of Energy, White House lobbyists, and senators like Majority Leader Robert C. Byrd (D-W.Va.) have all taken a hand at trying to force the bill through Congress. They claim that higher prices will promote development of new gas sources, and allow producers to extract already-discovered gas which is currently too expensive to bring up from the ground. New gas supplies will replace imported oil as a major energy resource, the argument runs, easing the U.S. balance of payments deficit and making...
Unfortunately, the arguments don't seem to wash. Gas deregulation will have many effects, but supplying Americans with a steady supply of reasonably-priced energy will not be one of them. For one thing, opponents of the bill argue, higher gas prices will actually increase our dependence on foreign energy imports by encouraging consumers to switch from gas to oil. And the burden borne by consumers who stick with gas will be tremendous: James Flug, head of a Washington-based consumer group called Energy Action, estimates that the bill will add $35 to $55 billion overall to the national energy...