Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...after several days of unpublicized price fighting in the steel industry, U.S. Steel Corp. announced that it will reduce prices $5 to $25 a ton on several major products, including some that the company had been given permission by the Price Commission to increase. As a result, the price hike in key items like cold-rolled sheet steel, which is used in the manufacture of cars and household appliances, will be cut by one-third to one-half...
...large sales. Both companies were reacting to strong pressure from automakers, who must get approval from the Price Commission in order to pass on any large increase in steel prices to their customers. For General Motors, such an application would have been the third one for a price hike since Phase II began; for Ford and Chrysler, the second. None are anxious to wear out their welcome on Grayson's doorstep, and they thus began demanding relief from their suppliers...
Evacuation. The legislative holiday was one in a series of bizarre events on the tiny Mediterranean island brought on by "Deadline Dom" and his decree. He wants a $33.8 million hike over the present rentals of $13 million a year that the British pay for their bases. Since Malta is no longer strategically vital, London is willing to pay an additional $11.7 million and no more. To underscore British determination, Whitehall last week flew in a party of expert "dismantlers" to knock down its facilities. Evacuation began of 4,994 British dependents aboard R.A.F. VC-10s at Luqa Airport...
...world. It is variously called cross-country skiing (the competitive version) or ski touring (the recreational type), and this season is the biggest the sport has ever known. "In downhill skiing," says Airlines Pilot Dick Gronning of Minneapolis, "you're tied to a lift line. Here you just hike out into the farm lands, and you feel a real independence. It's really gorgeous...
...there were no Phase II inhibitions on prices, magazines would still be in jeopardy. The industry has been suffering from rising costs and declining profits in recent years, and passing along huge additional costs could only inflict more damage. To raise subscription prices radically would drive away readers; to hike advertising rates significantly might encourage business to use other outlets, particularly television. The primary reason cited by Gardner Cowles for folding Look was the anticipated postal increase...