Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...buying a typical car has already risen by $1,000 since 1973. But General Motors has announced that it will raise the base prices on its 1976 models by an average of 4.4%, or about $206 per car, and other automakers are sure to follow. To keep the hike in sticker prices below last year's 8% to 9% increases, manufacturers are changing some items that were previously listed as standard equipment into extra-cost options. The auto companies are also holding down costs by minimizing changes in body design. Instead, they are offering new colors, splashy paint jobs...
...bullet-riddled bar, brass bedsteads in the huge rooms and a splendid view of the valley from all windows. It serves guests the same hearty meals the chef cooks for the ranch hands; dinner is only $3.50. There are plentiful campsites near the lake; campers can fish, hike or trail-ride Rose's horses over the ranch and treat themselves to dinner at his hotel...
...shade in June), there is no reason to think that August figures will be much better. The latest report covers only part of the surge in grain prices that followed Russian purchases and does not include coffee boosts triggered by a frost in Brazil or a 3?-per-gal. hike in gasoline...
Students paid $1000 for their board bills in 1974-75. But the Corporation announced a $90 hike of the board bill in February. University officials cited food price inflation as the reason for the increase...
...legs and turn back when weather conditions deteriorate. "One of the hardest things to learn," says Joel White of the Appalachian Mountain Club, "is how to turn around and come back." It is also one of the best. Hikers who retreat from bad weather or illness are likely to hike again. Those who push...