Word: soaringly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cars, especially luxury models, will rise higher than the $ 150 average. Not so with gas-guzzling full-sized models, which have been spurned by buyers this year because of gasoline shortages and the threat of rationing. The price of optional equipment−the industry's great profitmakers-will soar; there is no limit at all on how much can be charged for such gadgets as stereo tape decks, power steering and vinyl roofs. Automatic transmission in a Ford Pinto, for example, will now cost $217, up from the old price...
Sharp-edged as a sword, erect as a phallus, spare as a symbol, the sculptures of Japan's Masayuki Nagare make even the generous dimensions of Manhattan's Staempfli Gallery seem cramped. They soar through the ceiling, project invisible backdrops of misted mountains against an opaline sea. Within themselves, around themselves, they create their own space. At the age of 50, Nagare has become clearly one of the world's major sculptors...
...cult contains two subcultures. The larger and more familiar group flies sophisticated sailplanes that routinely cover dozens or even hundreds of miles and soar to altitudes that may require oxygen masks. The Soaring Society of America estimates that in ten years the number of licensed sailplane pilots has grown from 5,000 to 15,000. Many of them are affluent business people...
...cause of most of the shortage can be traced to the Federal Reserve Board's effort to combat inflation by severely tightening the money supply and letting interest rates soar. That policy was designed to discourage borrowing but has also dragged up mortgage fees...
...Italy, Ireland, Portugal and Spain living costs threaten to soar as high as 12% or even 15% this year. Switzerland is bracing for 8.4% inflation this year, and West Germany will be happy to get away with 8%. To help stem a flood of inflation-feeding foreign currency into Germany, the government last week revalued the Deutsche Mark upward by 5½% against other Common Market monies, jeopardizing the prospects for European monetary union...