Word: spiralled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From a visitor's point of view, the greatest change involves the 192-step walk up to the top. The old enclosing stair tower was replaced by a more open spiral, and the statue's copper interior has been illuminated. As a result, the upward passage through the dramatic, Gaudian space is now at least half the fun, intriguing and slightly mysterious...
...Reagan's successes, both objective and subjective, outweigh his failures. He has presided over one of the longest economic recoveries in recent history, now in its 43rd month, which has been attended by an end to both inflation and the wage-price spiral. Some argue that it was Fed Chairman Paul Volcker's policies that conquered inflation. But Reagan was the catalyst for the recovery. Nine million new jobs have been created during the Reagan | Administration. It was Reagan who, in the aftermath of Jimmy Carter's "malaise" and all that had come before, revived some exuberance of purpose...
...People's Army. Though the insurgency is concentrated on Mindanao and some other southern islands, it spread after the Aquino assassination to 60 of the country's 74 provinces. In addition, the killing of Aquino created a nationwide crisis of confidence that caused the already stagnant economy to spiral downward, even as most other Southeast Asian nations were prospering. After the assassination, says an American official, "all these concerns took a quantum leap...
...roaring economy that grew 8% last year. But the country will have to curb that feverish growth to cut inflation, which reached 233% in 1985 and appeared to be headed for 500% this year. Last week President Jose Sarney announced a "life-and-death struggle" to halt the spiral by freezing wages and prices for a year and virtually abolishing the country's cost of living adjustments in such things as rents and contracts...
Officials say the planned increase of up to 9 percent for past renters and up to 20 percent for new renters is a result of an upward spiral in areawide rental rates over the last year...