Word: spiralled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reform and revolt among both students and the disfranchised peasants; on the other, it prompted panic-stricken oligarchs, determined to retain historic power, to harden then-resistance to change. Ironically, while Nicaragua itself has been able to make considerable headway in consolidating its revolution-peacefully, thus far -a spiral of terrorist violence has escalated elsewhere. Lawless gunmen of both the left and right have brought El Salvador and Guatemala to the brink of civil war with an orgy of killings...
While selective tax cuts to stimulate growth and offset inflation would probably provide a needed dose of medicine to an ailing economy, Reagan's support of the Kemp-Roth plan, coupled with burgeoning defense spending, would severely irritate the inflationary spiral. And Reagan's preoccupation with "the growing menace from the East" in foreign affairs, together with his stated preference for superiority, shows a man burdened by a desire to return to the past, whose "new beginning" will have the same old ending...
...safe from the mindless spiral of violence
With the economy in a downward spiral of still uncertain depth, many consumers have decided to cut their losses. The '70s "me" decade, which expired in an orgy of spending last Christmas, has given way to more conservative buying patterns. With good reason. More Americans are unemployed, many others are doing without overtime pay, and inflation has eroded earnings...
Despite the repetitive routine of advising's death gasps, a House-life survey released this winter indicated a new perceived downward spiral in advising in the 1970s. Comparing the 1979 findings with two other housing life studies undertaken in 1973 and 1976, the survey report pinpointed a definite "decreasing satisfaction" with certain aspects of advising: "Not as many students in the 1979 study knew tutors by name or felt they knew them well enough to visit socially." The most desired improvement cited by students was "more opportunity for contact with senior faculty." more than 10 per cent said they knew...