Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...NAMES. Joan Baez, Mimi Farina, Richard Farina, Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Rush, Pete Seeger, Taj Mahal, Geoff Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, John Sebastian, all spanning a decade. Von Schmidt sees an enduring musical "scene," based on the fact that people wanted to hear this music. Today that scene doesn't exist, and while von Schmidt wants badly to believe that the listeners are out there, he acknowledges popular decline of the folk movement, and the powerful appeal of electronic music...
...making some sacrifices and changes in its lifestyle, by taking some chances and paying some costs. What is needed, of course, is to lessen immediately the country's umbilical dependence on crude oil from the cartel. Slackened demand could loosen the market, make OPEC nervous and start a rush by its members to sell. The ways to accomplish that are well known and many, for there is no single miracle stroke against OPEC...
There are some signs that the gold-rush days may be over. Inflation is running at an annual rate of 15%; labor shortages and urban congestion have become major problems. Although the government has begun a stabilization program to redress imbalances and control inflation, an economic downswing could spell trouble for Park, who until now has deflected political dissent by producing prosperity...
Florida was coping adequately with gas needs until a truckers' strike last week blocked shipments from large storage areas in Port Everglades-and then the gas rush was on. By midweek there were virtually no stations open between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, one of the state's most heavily traveled routes, during the evening rush hour. Lines several miles long quickly developed in Miami, where waits stretched to as much as four hours amid sweltering temperatures. Radio stations broadcast warnings of line-blocked roads that should be avoided...
...does not yet impose import quotas on Sri Lankan garments. Typically, Jeffrey Bogatin, owner of a New York-based garment business, was attracted by wage costs of 73? an hour and a five-year tax holiday. Says he: "I'm shocked that there is not more of a rush by industry to this place. The people are educated and eager to work. This country...