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Word: soaringly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worse news, as President Bok was quick to point out, is that until inflation is controlled, costs will continue to soar...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Next Year: Through the Roof | 1/12/1979 | See Source »

Maverick Economist Alfred Kahn has a penchant for candor that is both refreshing and dangerous in Washington. When he said that there is the possibility of a "deep, deep depression" if inflation continues to soar, the President was furious. Kahn responded by purging the word depression from his vocabulary and instead using "banana." So he now says: "We're in danger of having the worst banana in 45 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Yes, We Have No Bananas | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...there probably won't be a kid on the block or rue or Strasse who has not seen him soar at least once. Not since Star Wars, the alltime champ, has there been such an entertaining movie for children of all ages. It has a few flaws, but Superman is nonetheless two hours and 15 minutes of pure fun, fancy and adventure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Here Comes Superman!!! | 11/27/1978 | See Source »

...practice of giving heavy users of gas and electricity, like industrial consumers, lower rates. Instead, the biggest commercial customers would pay higher rates. At the same time, a minimum "lifeline" rate would be established for the nonaffluent residential consumer so that his basic gas and electricity needs would not soar beyond his ability to pay. The proposal is being pushed by a regional group, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wild Cards on the Ballots | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

...paint, wine, crowns or flowers to the two brothers, to the ram-headed Khnum, to the great goddess Isis and her son, the falcon-headed Horus. Two carved lions guard an entrance, and the god Heh kneels to support the heavens as represented on the ceiling. There stylized vultures soar across a sky once painted bright blue and studded with gold stars. The doorway itself is flanked by two goddesses represented as crowned cobras twining around the heraldic plants of Egypt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Ancient Glory in Manhattan | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

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