Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...scenes were all too familiar to Americans: the crew drifting down under a huge striped parachute, mission controllers jubilantly congratulating one another. But it was a Soviet, not a U.S., space triumph that was being celebrated last week-the homecoming of Cosmonauts "Volodya" and "Sasha." Smashing all space endurance records, the Soviet Union's latest heroes, Vladimir Kovalenok, 36, and Alexander Ivanchenkov, 38, had returned safely to earth after nearly 140 days in space...
...fact on which there is no debate is that Japan's huge trade surplus with the U.S. is growing bigger all the time (see chart). The excess of what Japan sells in the U.S. over what it buys from America reached $9.3 billion in the first nine months of this year, and is expected to hit a record $12.4 billion...
...These huge imbalances not only cost American workers jobs and help fan U.S. inflation but have also contributed mightily to the weakening of the dollar. In theory, the 40% fall of the greenback against the yen over the past two years should have helped correct the U.S.-Japanese trade imbalance. This would happen if Japanese exports became more expensive and therefore less attractive to American buyers, thus cutting the cost of U.S. exports to Japan. To some extent, this has happened. For instance, Toyota's U.S. sales fell almost 8% in the first nine months of 1978, partly because...
...Chinese temple jar ($1,000) and an 18th century Japanese wood carving of a sleeping cat ($125). Besides beauty and style, what these and 112 other art objects being offered in a slickly handsome new catalogue have in common is that all are copies of works in the huge private collection of one of the nation's newest mail-order salesmen: Nelson Rockefeller...
...Generations, ABC's sequel to the most popular TV entertainment of all time. When this 14-hour production airs over seven nights in early February, upwards of 100 million viewers may tune in to see if it is a worthy successor to the original Roots. ABC expects a huge audience but a tough one. Explains Network Senior Vice President Brandon Stoddard: "The real apprehension is not whether we're going to get a 66 share in the Nielsens again. Based on the original run and this fall's rerun, we know there is still a great deal...