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Word: hiked (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...result, retail prices of Parmesan in many stores have nearly doubled, from $2.70 a pound in midsummer to $4.70 a pound currently. The price hike caused an outpouring of rage. "Bastaf" cried desperate Italian housewives, forced to turn up their noses at the fragrant wheels stacked on their grocers-shelves."When Parmesan went up to $4 a pound," said one Milanese widow living on a pension, "I told my grocer to eat it himself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Cheesy Scandal | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

...before the time of the Arab embargo in 1973. Now, the consuming countries are about to pay the OPEC piper for their neglect. In mid-December, oil ministers of OPEC'S 13 member nations will gather in Qatar. "Are we going to hike our prices?" asks Iran's Hamid Zaheri, OPEC spokesman. His answer: yes. The only real question is how much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OIL: How Much to Pay the OPEC Piper? | 11/8/1976 | See Source »

...university is wary of a quick settlement with the SEIU on the terms requested by the workers because any pay hike might have to be duplicated for all non-union workers on the campus. "They can't, for obvious reasons, make it look like the union gets better benefits for workers," one union negotiator says...

Author: By Richard S. Weisman, | Title: Brown on Trial: 'We're going to resist them every inch of the way.' | 10/22/1976 | See Source »

...night, and on Tuesday NBC's David Brinkley opened his network's show by greeting viewers with, "Welcome back." But if enough curious Walters watchers stick around to lift ABC's evening news Niel sen rating by a single point-a reasonable prospect-the network can hike its rates for commercial spots on the show by some $2,000 a minute, or $2 million a year-which would yield ABC a nice 100% profit on its Walters investment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Bah-bar-ah's Bow | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

Political Roadblocks. The government's official audit committee recently recommended that the railroad be granted greater subsidies, a temporary moratorium on debt payments and the right to hike fares. For its part, the J.N.R. management postponed $155 million in construction projects, and pledged to improve its efficiency and labor-management relations...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TRANSPORTATION: The Bullet Is Broke, Too | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

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