Word: rising
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...represent a lifetime's work. "People tend to forget," says Marchi, "that there are many poor white people." To the retired worker, or to the family living on $7,000 or $8,000 in the lower civil service ranks, a tax increase on their homes or an apartment rent rise is a grave threat to the stability of a small, precarious world. Second jobs are common, credit purchases a necessity, a sense of financial security almost impossible...
Many experts assume that when Mao dies, his anointed heir, Defense Minister Lin Piao, will take over the chairmanship of the party. His rule will most likely be only temporary; behind the scenes, the country may well be run by a collective leadership. Challengers are likely to rise from the radical left, headed by Mao's wife Chiang Ching and such Cultural Revolution stalwarts as Ideologue Chen Pota. Eventually, however, more moderate forces may prevail, perhaps clustered around Premier Chou En-lai and the politically savvy Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Huang Yung-sheng...
...fact, did have a helping hand. The "near miss" was the first public demonstration of a promising new collision-avoidance system (CAS) that may reduce some of the risks of flying in the nation's increasingly crowded skies. Last year the U.S. had 38 aerial collisions, a 46% rise over 1967. In the years ahead, the risks will increase, as more planes-including jumbo jets and SSTs (see BUSINESS)-join the rapidly growing U.S. air fleet...
Apart from the new small and sporty cars designed to frustrate the fast rise of imports, the 1970s look like and are much like the 1969s. In the year of déjà vu, the only completely redesigned full-sized car is the Lincoln, which, among other things, now has a body bolted to the frame for a quieter ride. Several cars have more powerful engines; the biggest of all is the Cadillac Eldorado's, at 500 cu. in. The Plymouth Barracuda is one of the few cars that have had enough sheet-metal changes to give...
...announce, "Well, guys, this is about it worldwise." The end of the world is actually much more likely to see its 6 billion people choking for three weeks on the fleeting oxygen in the air, and wretching with discase from the rotting corpses. Many kooks and nuts will rise to brief power during these final weeks. The New York Times will stop publishing...