Word: spiraling
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cover painting, Artist Robert Vickrey studied about 100 detailed photographs of the skies to work out the background for his portrait of Schmidt. The whirling mass in the upper righthand corner is a spiral galaxy. To the left is a very bright star as seen through an optical telescope. In the right foreground, Vickrey renders a quasar, which may be recognized by the small jet stream spilling out from it at right. In showing Schmidt's head with its reflections receding into space, the artist tried to "give the feeling of infinity, the impression of an echo or radio...
...statistical signs and symbols of a serious inflationary spiral continue to mount. Industrial production figures for January indicate that U.S. plants are operating at near-capacity-meaning that soon they may not be able to produce enough goods to meet demand. In steel, the time lag between orders and delivery is still lengthening, and some mills are beginning to allocate output even among steady customers. According to the Commerce Department, manufacturing inventories went up sharply in December, the latest month on which figures have been compiled; this would presumably mean that businessmen are stockpiling against the threat of inflation...
Only someone able to define to a child what a spiral is without moving his right index finger can properly admire Patrick White's latest novel...
Only someone confident of his ability to demonstrate both a right-hand and left-hand spiral at the same time would have written The Solid Mandala...
Chief among these problems is the danger of inflation. While Johnson argued that the U.S. is not yet caught in a real price spiral, his Labor Department reported last week that the cost of living in December rose faster than in any December in 15 years-up 0.4%, to 111% of the 1957-59 average. In all, consumer prices last year climbed 2% primarily because of higher tags on meat (up 13.5%), medical care (up 2.8%) and other services...