Word: propeller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tumult of soaring prices and unpredictable supplies has played havoc with the economy for years. Since 1973 there have been two recessions, and as energy prices have soared they have helped propel inflation to one of the highest sustained levels in the nation's peacetime history. The U.S. now stares at the possibility of perhaps a decade of 10% or higher annual inflation. The lives of Americans, from the clothes they wear to the cars they drive, have been profoundly altered...
...energy hope for the future. Perhaps the most far-reaching application involves the space colonization ideas of Princeton Physicist Gerard O'Neill. He and some colleagues at M.I.T. are already building models of kindred electromagnetic launchers that they believe could be assembled on the moon and used to propel tons of lunar ores into space for construction of solar-powered space habitats...
...stocks up by 49 points, to 986.35; that was a half point below the previous high reached on Jan. 10, 1977-just ten days before Jimmy Carter moved into the White House. At week's end some brokers were speculating that the market had enough upward momentum to propel the Dow through the magic 1,000 level-which it last hit in 1973-by the time Reagan takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
PERHAPS, THEN, Jimmy Carter should reconsider his politics of Pessimism, and recognize that he will not win by projecting a "lesser of two evils" image. If liberals and moderates reject Reagan as dangerous, and fear Anderson will siphon off enough Democratic votes to propel Reagan into office, Carter must make himself an acceptable choice, rather than a weak alternative...
With a strong core of returning veterans, last year promised to propel Harvard up into the heights of the Ivy League standings. The defensive corps again did everything that could have been asked or expected, allowing a meagre 14 goals in 15 games...