Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...punter Joe Flynn attempted his first punt of the year, early in the second quarter against the Scarlet Knights. It was a 0-0 ball game when Princeton broke the huddle for the fourth down punt. Flynn barked the signals and center Paul Yakulis snapped the ball. Unfortunately, the hike was off target and low and hit the blocking Kincaid in the ankle. Mike was so wrapped up in his new role that he never noticed the missed snap. The ball fell to the ground at his feet. He crouched in his blocking position as four to five Knight defenders...
...about evenly divided between Nixon and McGovern, with, perhaps, a slight edge for the South Dakotan. These colleges however have the highest proportions of students from out-of-state and students from urban areas. There are a good many small town colleges in Texas and Texas students generally hike their parents seem to be a great deal more conservative than their contemporaries in other parts of the country. It is doubtful that Nixon will slaughter Mcgovern on the campuses," as Clark predicted but the race will be very close and McGovern might very well lose...
Contrary to the Globe's report, no decision was made about any increase over 1967 rates at yesterday's meeting of the Rent Board. The Board will meet again this Wednesday to establish a specific across-the-board rent hike, the subject of recent controversy between Cambridge landlords and tenants...
...wage side, at the start of Phase II Kosters felt that many unions were entitled to substantial pay increases in order to catch up with past price inflation. But he urged that the line be drawn against aerospace workers when they won a big pay hike. To Kosters, the boost defied free-market economics: heavy layoffs in aerospace dictated modest increases, but pay was rising sharply because historically it had followed auto-industry wages. If wage inflation cannot be held down in an industry with an oversupply of labor, Kosters argued, it cannot be held down anywhere. The Pay Board...
...Nixon's Cost of Living Council, to withdraw requests for price increases on 1973 models that ranged upward from $85 per car or truck. G.M. eventually agreed to reduce its increase to $54 per vehicle and Ford came down to $59. Then, last week Grayson announced that no hike at all would be permitted. Any boost, he asserted, would push G.M. and Ford profit margins above permissible limits. Under Price Commission rules, a rise in price is not allowed if it would lift a company's profit margin-that is, its percentage of profit on each dollar...