Word: rising
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...nice to be involved when women's sports are on the rise here. I just hope that Harvard doesn't slack off in this regard," Curry added...
...costs $1.55 in Tel Aviv, $1.83 in Bonn and $2.09 in Paris. Economists, bankers and independent study groups like the Trilateral Commission agree that substantially higher prices would drive home the reality of the energy crisis and the need to save. For that to occur prices would have to rise drastically−probably to $1 or more a gallon for gasoline−and Congress is not yet willing to go that...
...investment in gold may not be so clever. One often overlooked reason for gold's rise is that its value had been held down artificially at $35 per oz. for nearly 34 years, until 1968. Much of the climb since then has been merely catching...
...foreign speculators, anticipating an immediate rush into gold, had bid it up to nearly $200 per oz. At that level, investors remained wary, and within a year the metal slumped to about half its value. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones average, which then stood at a bearish 616, began a rise. Even at last week's fairly modest level of 827, the Dow stocks have done better than gold since the beginning of 1975. The stocks have climbed 34%, while gold has gone up only...
...committees. Good art, it was felt, did not disclose itself in crowd scenes. It was found in small concentrations in private galleries, or in tightly curated theme shows in museums, or in artists' retrospectives. Lately, however, some virtues of the 19th century salon system−for until the rise of the private dealer in contemporary art after 1900, the salon was the main meeting point between new art and a wide public in Europe−have become apparent. In particular, the salon was relatively democratic. Any artist could send to it and stand a chance of acceptance. It suited...