Word: spiralling
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...square miles of earth. Instead of fading almost instantly like an ordinary TV picture, the shot lasts for 200 seconds while a scanning device "reads" it slowly, then transmits it promptly by radio. When the new Tiros comes over the horizon, a ground station operator tracks it with a spiral antenna. Down from the satellite comes a picture of the cloud pattern it has just passed over...
...connect these price increases not to formal meetings and written agreements among policy-making steelmen, but to informal contacts on the golf links or at trade meetings. Presumably, however, Bobby Kennedy's men also hope to dissuade other industries from raising prices and kicking off an inflationary spiral during an election year, and to persuade labor unions that the Kennedy Administration is not "soft" on big business...
Another play: same thing. Only this time he suddenly stopped in his tracks, and threw-a perfect spiral, 17 yds. downfield. Touchdown...
...problems were not new. They were just getting worse. Sucked up by a fierce inflationary spiral, the country's cost of living soared 45% between January and August, while the value of the cruzeiro tumbled 14%. At one point last week, 30 major walkouts were under way or immediately threatened-a streetcar strike in Rio, a railroad strike in Sao Paulo, a bank strike throughout the country...
...with the problem. Premier Paul Ramadier fought a game but losing battle in 1947; Premier Antoine Pinay launched a "Save the Franc" campaign in 1952. Now De Gaulle is struggling against the same hydraheaded enemy: rising prices, up 16% in three years; wage boosts, which only increase the cost spiral; and the fury of farmers...