Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally, a wage-price freeze, if temporary, would have little or no effect on inflation. The inflationary spurt after Nixon lifted his price controls in 1974 simply reflected pent-up pressures. The freeze did little to dampen expectations of inflation, and in the views of some economists may ultimately have led to even higher price levels! A more permanent freeze would have the defects mentioned earlier. It is not clear that such a system of permanent administrative price setting--approximating the system in a centrally planned economy--would be desirable, despite the many drawbacks of a market-based economy...
About 70% of all college buildings in the U.S. were erected after 1950, more than one-third of them in an eight-year spurt following 1966, when federal funds flowed freely and administrators hustled to accommodate the baby boom. Cutting corners with low-grade materials, designers often created buildings that aged prematurely and consumed heating oil as if it would cost 160 per gal. forever. With their budgets severely strained, school officials have paid only for the absolute necessities: soaring energy bills, teachers' salaries, research costs. As a result, maintenance budgets have shrunk proportionally, just as buildings and machinery...
Harvard fell behind, 10-3, in the first two minutes, then burst into a 14-1 spurt which placed the team in the lead to stay. Often waiting 30 seconds or more to take a shot, the cagers worked the ball around the perimeter until they could find someone--usually Fleming--inside for a lay-up. Twice the lead expanded to 17 points, until the Elis began whittling it down in the second half...