Word: levels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fraction, the numerous forces that make New York an increasingly unlivable city. Under Lindsay, the parks have been made into attractive recreational centers, with cafes and musicales and bicycling on roadways that are closed to cars on weekends and holidays. Air pollution has been cut slightly, and the level of design in civic architecture has been raised. Plans are being pushed through for a great network of new subways, and the grandiose, frequently destructive schemes of the expressway builders have, for the most part, been restrained from running great swaths of concrete through residential areas...
Fogged Windows. The space doctors' worst fear-that the cold-plagued astronauts would suffer ear damage during re-entry-was not realized. As Apollo's cabin pressure was raised from the 5.3 Ibs. per sq. in. maintained during space flight to sea-level pressure of 14.7 p.s.i., the astronauts protected their ears by removing their helmets and performing the "Valsalva maneuver" (named for its inventor, the 18th century Italian anatomist Antonio Valsalva). Holding their noses, closing their mouths and trying vigorously to exhale through their nostrils, they forced air through their clogged Eustachian tubes to keep the pressure...
...fast and loose. Despite a deliberate anti-inflation deal from Uncle Sam, who enacted the 10% tax surcharge in July, the consumer is buying even more than he did before. During the third quarter of the year, savings declined while consumer spending actually rose to 10% over the level of the same quarter last year...
...every right because Mayer has assembled a truly magnificent little cast, distinguished by an incredible variety of voices. Foremost among the voices is that of Yolande Bevan, who lifts the chorus to her own extraordinary level, but not much less distinctive are the speaking styles of Edward Finnegan and Donald Marye, as Cadmus and Teiresias. The best performance of the lot, however, has to be that by Patricia Cutts, who bravely circumvents the sort of theatrics to be expected in a woman who has killed her son and partaken of his remains...
...behind Shorter. Bittner, a versatile runner who can compete ably at any distance from the dash to five miles, has a strong finish any time he is within range of an opponent. The dimunitive Yahn has had injury troubles off and on, but has recently become a consistent top-level performer...