Word: rising
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...surprising number of things, from man's moods to the size of the elephant population, show up-& -down patterns that are almost as regular as the rise & fall of the tide. Some are verified by observations covering many centuries (e.g., by means of tree rings and silt deposits in lakes, rainfall cycles have been traced back thousands of years). Other cycle records as yet are little more than preliminary observations. But despite distortions by war and catastrophe, they run remarkably true to form. Samples...
...University of Kansas Professor Raymond Wheeler has in progress a vast project for measuring the rise & fall of civilization, has caught history repeating itself in cycles of 45, 90 and 510 years. He calculates that, if the pattern continues, civilization will slide into an abyss about 1960, begin a new Golden Age about...
...another part of his address, the British leader warned against any American attempts at post-war isolation, saying that a nation cannot rise to a position of leadership in the civilized world without being involved in its quarrels...
...question of Italy will rise again. The question of their attitude toward Germany, toward every one of the Axis satellite nations, may arise at any moment with equal unexpectedness. To prevent blunders, Roosevelt and Churchill need to know their answers in advance...
Ultimate Decision in the election lies with Australia's bewildered, war-harassed, tax-burdened "little man." Despite tremendous price-fixing moves, he has seen the retail-price index rise 13.8% since Japan entered the war, on top of an 11% increase during the first 27 months...