Word: moods
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NATIONAL MOOD. The indicator that evaluates the state of the nation's morale and confidence in the future, the national mood, is now lower than it was even at the worst of the Watergate crisis. Some 77% said that they think things are going badly in the country, up from 69% in the fall and spring of last year...
...amount of bombast could hide the concerned mood of the meeting. The recession in the industrialized world, caused in part by towering oil prices, has sharply reduced demand for OPEC crude. This has lowered revenues for oil producers, who have had to cut production. OPEC output, which averaged 33 million bbl. a day in 1974, is now down to an average rate of 27 million bbl. Cartel officials note that even with shrinking demand, oil producers are taking in more money now than they were a few years ago. Yet the more production falls, the closer OPEC comes...
...countries. One alternative favored by the White House: the creation of a special office to monitor and supervise all foreign investments in the U.S. Nevertheless, with active encouragement from the B'nai B'rith and other groups that make up the so-called Jewish lobby, a retaliatory mood seems to be growing in Congress: no fewer than 26 Senators lined up to sponsor a resolution calling on the Administration to take economic steps, such as cutting off technical assistance programs, against Arab countries that observe the boycott...
...which he stars with Bogdanovich's live-in true love, Cybill Shepherd. The Hollywood elite, including Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Gregory Peck, Roy Rogers, Merle Oberon and Valerie Perrine, adjourned for veal and ambrosiana amid the opulent sets used in the film. Shepherd, perhaps sensing the dour mood of the crowd, made good her getaway. "I've got another party to go to," she announced as the first dinner guests arrived, then vanished, leaving Boy Friend Bogdanovich to play host alone...
...their documents would be accepted. There were even rumors that Arrupe might resign if the documents were vetoed. Then, in the final hours of the General Congregation last week, Pope Paul sought to reassure the Jesuits. He summoned Arrupe and his four top assistants to a special meeting. The mood was noticeably different from that of the earlier meeting. The Pontiff explained that "it was this very affection that we have for you that drove us to interpose our authority in the course of recent events." After presenting the Jesuits with a valuable crucifix, he announced that he had approved...