Word: pinches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...failures, problems in the Green Revolution, program cutbacks in grain production in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The U.S. dollar was devalued, causing increased demand for exports of feed grains and soybean meal. OPEC was formed, oil prices tripled, and fertilizer prices went up. The American consumer felt the pinch. Food costs more...
...seems that the more the oil squeeze tightens, the bigger grows the glut of other fuels that ought to be easing the pinch. First came last winter's natural gas surplus brought on by price decontrol. Now, from West Virginia to Wyoming, miners are burying themselves under millions of tons of stockpiled coal that no one wants...
Huge jumps in costs are the latest peril of the petro-pinch...
...have emotions. Though he can be possessive about Mindy, sex is a mystery to Mork (he did once get a crush on a department store dummy). "He has the cootchycoo quality," says a casting director at NBC."You want to go up to him and pinch his cheeks...
Motorists will feel the supply pinch first. Gas stations in Florida and Oklahoma are already moving to reduce the number of hours they stay open. Drivers in Colorado are finding that some stations are either closing early or limiting sales. Airline flights continue to be affected; last week an Eastern Air Lines plane carrying Chairman Frank Borman from Miami to Atlanta was diverted to Tampa to take on fuel. These spot shortages will probably become more acute and will spread when warm weather leads to more driving and the Energy Department moves to ensure that no one region is disproportionately...