Word: newer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Alternatively, the state manufactures both high-and low-priced versions of, say, furniture. But, in the old bait-and-switch technique, the cheaper items are often not available. The price of basic bread in Poland has remained officially unchanged for 15 years at 6? per lb.; but newer-style and more popular breads of higher quality that contain honey or bran and cost up to three times as much are also frequently unavailable...
...says the council will allow established groups to keep their exemptions while newer organizations will be pushed aside...
...restaurants have not tried to match the marketing razzle-dazzle of such newer competitors as McDonald's and Burger King. Also, their prices are as robust (a "Tendersweet Clam Plate" goes for $4.75) as their food is plain. As one old saw puts it, "Howard Johnson's ice cream comes in 28 flavors and its food in one." In motor lodges the company has fallen behind the quality standards of such major rivals as Holiday Inns and Marriott. Though the company has had record sales and profits for four years running -1978's earnings were $33.6 million...
...Havana, it is not unusual to see a 1958 Chevy; in fact, it is rare to see a car that is any newer. To an American, much of Havana looks as though it has been preserved cryogenically for the past 20 years. The old Havana Hilton, built in the late fifties and a white elephant by our contemporary standards, is now the Free Havana and operates in the sweltering heat of the Caribbean climate without working air conditioning. Awkwardly heavy shoes, shapeless polyester pantsuits, and two-piece bathing suits that conceal instead of reveal make it obvious that the island...
...fairly strong bull market has been under way in the secondary stocks, including those of the smaller oil and gas companies, newer high-technology firms and takeover candidates. While the Dow has been languishing over the past four years - it was at 840 in September 1975 - the index of over-the-counter stocks has gone up 94% and the American Stock Exchange index has risen...