Word: sprees
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then, with the Korean war, a new boom-and-inflation cycle set off the roaring bull markets of the '50s. The war itself sent the Government on a buying spree, and the cease-fire released a burst of dammed-up consumer demand for cars, houses, appliances. Its confidence bolstered by Dwight Eisenhower's election, business began to expand. As the economy reached new highs, big wage hikes were followed by still bigger price rises. The real value of the dollar went down by 3∧ every year...
...scoring spree was one of the fastest in Harvard history, and featured two of Spruance's four game tallies. Before the period was over the Crimson's offensive steamroller had added two more goals on, shots from Spruance and Captain Grady Watts for a 5-3 lead...
...years before. Denery is not only insensitive to the real difficulties of the people around him, but to the damage that time does to those who are not living well. A busy, opportunistic boor, Denery causes a small-town scandal that wrecks Sophie's engagement; yet throughout his spree, it is difficult for Constance to reconsider the love she felt for him years...
Communist bureaucrats refused to shut down a single outmoded plant, fearing the ire of unemployed workers. Cumbersome monopolies, which produce goods at inflated cost, lobbied successfully against establishing domestic rivals. Factory managers boosted wages by a staggering 23%, went on a buying spree for foreign machinery for which the National Bank had to shell out scarce hard currency. At the same time, relaxed import barriers flooded Belgrade shops with French cognac, Italian shoes and other fancy consumer goods that the economy could not afford...
...contains puppetry: every half-hour, shoppers see a little "show" keyed to the folkways of a different nation. Midtown's overall effect, says one entranced lady shopper, "is that it's glamorous. You can get all gussied up and have lunch downtown and make a real shopping spree...