Word: rising
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...little secrets" of the airline industry are out in the open and stirring unprecedented public outrage. In the increasingly overcrowded skies, snafus that threaten safety are on the rise, and everyday service is deteriorating. As more than 100 million U.S. travelers take to the air during this year's peak summer travel season, the Federal Government is recording a surging number of delayed flights, near midair collisions and air-traffic- control errors. The airlines, on the defensive as never before, are scrambling to improve conditions in the hope of easing a growing indignation in Congress and thus heading...
...surge in traffic reduces the need for airlines to continue engaging in price discounting, which has been the chief benefit that deregulation has brought for consumers. After years of relentless cuts, the average fare this year is expected to rise about 10%. Example: one-way New York-to-Los Angeles fares, which hit $99 during the heaviest discounting, are now typically $159. But bargain fares will never go away completely, experts say, because airlines are dependent on discretionary pleasure travel for 55% of their revenue, compared with only 45% when deregulation began...
...Platoon ordered the brigade of button-down young actors, "you're supposed to be making money." Loads of it, in fact. The Viet Nam soldier turned Oscar- winning filmmaker was on location in New York City to film Wall Street, a $15 million 20th Century-Fox production about the rise and fall of an ambitious young stockbroker, starring Charlie Sheen, his father Martin, Daryl Hannah and Michael Douglas. "I would have never cut the mustard on Wall Street," Stone admitted during a break between scenes. "I did poorly in economics -- I got a C, and my mathematics were suspect...
...rise of the D.A. has been more than a news story. It has entered the popular imagination, and a crimebuster, Eliot Ness, stands as the hero of one of the summer's most popular movies: The Untouchables...
South Korea' s ruling party chairman, Roh Tae Woo, makes history by supporting the call for direct popular elections. -- In the Middle East, Soviet diplomatic power is again on the rise. -- Moscow elevates a propagandist to the Politburo. -- A French court finds Klaus Barbie guilty and sentences him to life in prison...