Word: risen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...budget," but Labor was not too anxious to show itself in favor of inflation, for if threatened nationwide strikes occur soon, Labor stands to lose politically by them. In a TV broadcast, Heathcoat Amory agreed that to Britons his poor-mouth talk, when gold and sterling reserves had risen a billion dollars in six months, must seem "tiresomely cautious." But precisely because he did not bow to political pressures, the budget increased the new Chancellor's reputation. "It would be folly," said Harold Macmillan, "to be an island of inflation in a deflationary world...
...money; Jesus did not die on the Cross but may or may not have turned up in Rome in A.D. 49; bath water in Australia "goes widdershins [contrariwise] down the waste-pipe"; the "concept of the supernatural is a disease of religion," although, paradoxically, Graves-who claims to have risen from the near dead after being officially listed as "Died of Wounds"-has no difficulty in believing in the miraculous...
...civil service were threatening a walkout that would further cripple the government, since the vigorous, active Sumatrans make up a disproportionately large percentage in the nation's intellectual fields. With the disruption of trade consequent on the seizure of Dutch property, the price of rice had risen precipitously, and with it. criticism of Bung Karno. Muttered a Djakarta housewife: "We starve, and he spends our money on women. His women will kill...
...While the prices of the raw materials Britain needs have tumbled, the prices of finished goods have not. The pound has become so strong that the government last week lifted restrictions on pound notes: any amount may be brought into Britain, instead of the previous ?10 limit. Unemployment has risen but is only 1.9% of the labor force, not enough to bring a shift in the government's tight credit policy. ¶Italy's gross national product increased more than 5% last year, is expected to continue to climb; though the industrial production index in January was down...
...actual "delivered price" that the customer pays has increased. The original list price does not include taxes, delivery charges and optional equipment, which often add $1,000 to the cost of a car. As customers have learned to bargain harder, the percentage off the delivered price has risen; the average discount on new 1958 cars is 15%, and many dealers give better than 20% to sew up a sale. The unit profit is slim, but they make just as much money selling 25 cars at 5% profit as five cars at 25% profit. Moreover, the owners of those 25 cars...