Word: rose
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Social resentment, which measures increases in the number of Americans who are angry about recent social trends but feel powerless to change them, rose to 37%, the highest point since April 1974, when 27% were found to be resentful in the first Soundings taken...
...Labor Department reported last week that unemployment inched down to 8.3% of the labor force in September, from 8.4% in August, continuing the slow reduction that economists have expected. A darker side to the figures: the number of workers jobless for 27 weeks or longer rose by 155,000 to a post-World War II high of 1.6 million...
Despite the University's fuel-saving efforts, which resulted in a 22 per cent drop in fuel consumption, energy costs rose by more than $3 million...
...reversal of a trend, the value of Harvard's securities rose by a figure of 10 per cent, while it had dropped by 16 per cent in the previous year...
...Anyway, Rose not withstanding, in true can't-beat-them-join-'em fashion, I pick the National League to win four straight...