Word: indexed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Commenting on his victory, Wilson said, "We've brought Radcliffe pinball a long way this year. No one can call us wimps and twerps anymore." Wilson boasted that Radcliffe's top five players could demolish any Harvard House team "index fingers down...
That may well understate the case. Last week's price news was a mixture of good and bad, but the bad predominated. The Wholesale Price Index for April jumped 1%, well below the record 2.3% rise of March but still a huge increase for a single month. Food prices declined slightly for the first time in months, led by a drop in meat that partly reflected the recent nationwide meat boycott. But prices for a broad range of industrial commodities leaped 1.4%, the largest one-month rise since 1951 and an ominous indication that inflation is spreading from farm...
...slashing, totally unexpected paroxysm involving every part of his body, he gives the downbeat. Throughout the performance, Solti's body language is dramatically explicit. The violins are brought in with huge lefthanded scoops to the floor. The trumpets are cued by the riveting spear of an arm and index finger. A starburst of fingers summons the crash of the cymbals. Moments of lyrical romance come with the left hand cradled near the heart, the right hand beating coronas of love high above. Passages of staccato brilliance are paced by chopping up and down with both arms. A furious backhand...
...also contended that "confidence for the future is high"-but last week the University of Michigan Survey Research Center reported the sharpest drop in consumer confidence in the 22 years that it has been taking soundings. Its index fell from 90.8 at the end of 1972 to 80.8 in February and March of this year. Consumers are deeply afraid of both further inflation and future recession. Ironically, these very ideas are making people rush to buy appliances, cars and houses before prices go even higher and before bad times come; such scare buying tends to prompt exactly the price boosts...
...fusing the emotion of his private life with the progress of the play is summed up by a scene he shares with the two Andromaques of the production, his past and present lovers. Claire's search for a dog like one Sebastien had compared her to becomes an index of her impinging madness...