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...left. Pulled outward by centrifugal force and downward by gravity, a fast-rolling plane would be confined to a circular path high against the outer, steeply sloping part of the runway. As its speed decreased, centrifugal force would lessen, and gravity would pull it in a slowly descending spiral toward the lower, more horizontal section...
Currie proposed government controls to avoid a wage-price spiral. He added that mechanized agriculture, compulsory primary education, national health programs, and public housing projects would insure "additional work and income from hither-to unemployed resources...
Arthur Smithies, Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy, felt that some restrictive monetary measures may be needed to prevent an inflationary spiral...
...University of Southern California ('53), Carlsberg ran a profitable entertainment magazine, then began renovating old houses and investing his savings in land. He was fascinated by the fast spiral in prices, but astounded to discover that few experts thoroughly researched the factors that made values soar. Says he: "Ninetynine percent of the real estate agents didn't know what they were talking about...
...house is no Xanadu; it is built in the seemly red brick style of the region, but there is something extravagantly not right about it. Imported craftsmen have constructed a spiral staircase behind a secret panel in the wainscoting, and an eight-foot brick wall topped by spikes encloses a 30-acre park...