Word: period
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hard lesson to convey to a people who rarely read about the balance of power without seeing the adjective "outdated" precede it. It was not one of the least ironies of the period that it was a flawed man, so ungenerous in some of his human impulses, who took the initiative to lead America toward a concept of peace compatible with its new realities and the perils of a nuclear age, and that the foreign leaders who best understood this were Mao and Chou, who openly expressed their preference for Richard Nixon over the wayward representatives of American liberalism...
...stood, I fervently hoped, at the threshold of a period of national reconciliation that would be given impetus by the unique opportunity for creativity I saw ahead. Only rarely in history do statesmen find an environment in which all factors are so malleable; before us, I thought, was the chance to shape events, to build a new world. I was grateful for the opportunity I had enjoyed to help prepare the ground. And I was at peace with myself, neither elated...
...pursue a similar course. But he was not in her position-and therefore he was playing for time. He, as did I, wanted to avoid a showdown. A war would threaten our geopolitical design, and we both judged that East Pakistani autonomy was inevitable, if over a slightly longer period than India suggested...
...rush to collectibles like period furniture, Chinese ceramics and rare postage stamps has been luring wealthy investors for years. But the Price Spiral of '79 has turned the investment binge into a man-in-the-street stampede to tangibles of all sorts. Explains Wall Street Economist Gary Wenglowski...
There are rumblings that Ford could lose up to $700 million on its U.S. car business in 1979. In the first half, earnings from domestic operations were 51% lower than in the same period in 1978. Once U.S. car and truck sales accounted for well over half of Ford's automotive profits; now they produce less than one-third, and all of that comes from trucks. In fact, Ford suffers from a milder case of the problem that afflicts Chrysler: Americans have not been buying big, heavy cars. But unlike Chrysler, Ford is earning money because it has hugely...