Word: indexers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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First, the Labor Department reported that the consumer price index rose at an annual rate of 3.8% in May. That was only half as much as April's advance; and it was the second month in a row that the rate of increase has declined. Next the Commerce Department disclosed that its index of twelve leading indicators of the economy dropped fractionally in May, a sign that overall demand and production may level off in the months ahead and eventually lead to price stability...
...Italy, where they could find enough to last through several lifetimes. I perhaps should not say that their work is pointless, for when they have completed the catalogue, a lover who finds his beloved smiling at him mysteriously can look up the smile in the Brannigan-Humphries Ethological Index and know at once that it is smile No. 723 classified as "Elusive Loving Smile...
...blond hair is graying and, at 50, Billy Graham tells his audiences that he is "on the sunset side now." His right index finger still slices the air magisterially, and his resonant voice has lost little of its oratorical control. The Bible still hangs open in his big left hand as he moves back from the lectern, then up to it again. The message is as sternly fundamental as ever: "God says I command you to repent." Still, something was missing last week as Graham crusaded in Manhattan's new Madison Square Garden. Time and repetition have mellowed...
...every index, students' dissent and frustration over the status quo are more widespread than ever. A poll in the current FORTUNE concludes that 12.8% hold political views that classify them as either "revolutionary" or "radically dissident." The survey also indicates that increasing numbers of other youngsters agree with some of the rebels' ideological positions...
Inflation, which has smashed wage guidelines, sent interest rates to record levels and jacked up a host of indexes, has claimed another victim. Because the farm price index has reached a 17-year high, the retail price of food, which is what irritates people most about inflation, will continue upward. Last week the Agriculture Department reported that prices received by farmers rose 4% during the month ending May 15, and were 8% higher than a year ago. The meat index rose 9% during the month. Prices received by farmers for vegetables jumped 25%, while the dairy product index exceeded that...