Word: rigid
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...delusion that more rigid farm controls and larger surpluses to dispose of at the taxpayer's expense can lead to a prosperous farm economy...
...unemployment averaged 5.5% of the labor force, and prices dropped 1.9% on the BLS Consumer Price Index. But in 1954, when unemployment was about as high, prices declined only .5%. In short, prices are growing more and more rigid. Unemployment stands at 7.5% of the labor force, yet prices are still climbing. Last month they hit an alltime record 123.5 on the index, and no real end to the upward spiral is in sight...
...drink, but I discovered alcohol is the dullest form of escape I've ever experienced in my rigid adventures. During this otiose period I was continually accompanied by a large bottle of Scotch for which I had (and have) the utmost contempt. So with great character I exorcised this minor unsatisfactory pleasure abruptly and have not drunk since 1954. I still carry a big bottle around with me, but I don't drink...
...Over the rigid shoulders of a line of Venezuelan soldiers at Maiquetía Airport, streams of spittle arced through humid sunlight, splattered on the neatly pressed grey suit of the Vice President of the U.S. and on the red wool suit of his wife. But worse was in store: less than an hour later Dick and Pat Nixon brushed close to injury and possibly death in violence-torn streets of Caracas, last stop on their eight-nation visit to South America...
...wildly flowing silky blonde hair, sumptuous, rippling salmon-pink robe and veil. Griinewald has painted beauty moved to the ultimate of grief; Mary Magdalene's delicate features are a frozen mask of sorrow, her fingers writhe numbly, and even the sleeves of her elegant gown appear twisted and rigid...