Word: rising
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...warm air to flow westward over the Atlantic and then turn north, following the western slopes of the Appalachian Mountains. Over the Ohio Valley, this tropical air meets with a current of cold air from the west which deflects it against the mountains and then forces it to rise...
...practical, in the 18th Century. A prison alumnus, Robert Mackay was the first recognized world's champion in 1820. In 1822, Harrow schoolboys took up the game. In 1853, when London Prince's Club built a racquets court, racquets became exclusively a pastime of patricians. Racquets' rise in the world was accompanied by no spread in popularity. There are only twelve racquets courts which cost some $75,000 each, in the U. S. A few dozen more are scattered over the rest of the world, including London, Bombay and Calcutta. In the whole worl there are possibly...
...attention usually reserved for the stock tables. The upsurge in commodities which got under way last summer and developed into the most significant economic trend of 1936 has not carried through to any important extent into the general retail price level. Nor do all merchants expect the retail rise to come this spring. In Montgomery Ward's spring & summer catalog, out last week, mail-order prices were actually down by about...
...typical post-Recovery budget after interest rates again rise, would probably be about $5,500,000,000. The typical pre-Depression budget...
...cocoa's rise, as for that of more staple commodities, the obvious and basic explanation is increased consumption. But there have also been special reasons for the hot cocoa market. Unlike rubber and tin (see p. 59) cocoa production is not amenable to cartel agreement. The cocoa tree, which was discovered in Mexico by the Spanish conquistadores, is a sensitive plant, takes from six to eight years of careful tending before it yields a good crop of cocoa beans. In West Africa where one-third of the world's crop is harvested, native growers...