Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sarcastically labeled the speech a "surprising public debut." To this sort of criticism, Annenberg has replied: "I'm used to swimming upstream." More recently, at a gathering held by the English-Speaking Union, he shook hands stiffly in the reception line but neglected to give a talk or mix with guests...
...rising costs continue to push prices higher. Wholesale prices rose at an 8.4% annual rate last month, the sharpest climb since July; processed foods provided the biggest part of the increase. So far this year, steel prices have been raised on two-thirds of the industry's product mix by amounts ranging from 3% to 6%. U.S. industry's costs are likely to continue rising, partly because labor contracts covering at least 5,000,000 workers will expire this year, the greatest number since 1959. The start of a nationwide railway stoppage, right after the General Electric strike...
Harvard was not so fortunate in the mile relay. A mix-up in a baton pass between Gillis and Downer caused Gillis to fall and drop the baton and then get spiked. Harvard had been leading but ended up last...
...supersonophiles are winning, and the U.S. SST is likely to be in service by the late 1970s or early 1980s. The lines are expected to have a broad mix of planes and fares: premium prices on the SST, regular tariffs on jumbo jets, somewhat lower fares on older jets. By then, the problems of air travel will have multiplied, creating an even greater need for improved control of airspace, more airports, better ground transportation and bigger, more efficient terminals. Halaby worries because public investment in such facilities has always lagged five to ten years behind technological innovation...
...award means that McDonnell Douglas will retain the mix of civilian-military sales that have helped make it the nation's most profitable aerospace firm (1968 earnings: $95 million, on revenues of $3.6 billion). Deliveries of Douglas' DC-8 and DC-9 airliners entered a decline this year, and production of McDonnell's phenomenal F-4 Phantom, still the U.S.'s most versatile combat plane, has passed its peak as well. The new business should rebuild the company's backlog, which now stands at $2.6 billion. Still, profits may decline for the next year...