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Montero attributed the spurt in enrollment to an increasing interest in Third World nations, particularly those in Latin America. "Everybody wants to go to Latin America," he said...

Author: By Michael Massing, | Title: Popularity of Spanish Study Rises; Indicates New Latin America Interest | 10/1/1974 | See Source »

...biggest influence in the shirt spurt is a year-old Manhattan company cryptically called J.B.T.* Chroma...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: The American T Party | 9/16/1974 | See Source »

There will be a large spurt of self-congratulation: how we came out of the crisis, how resilient our system proved itself to be, how Congress rose to the challenge, how the transition was carried out so orderly. We are going to be engaging in a good deal of ego boosting about what fine people we are. At the same time, beneath the surface, there is a bit of Watergate in all of us. Postwar America has been an era of "get where you can as fast as you can." While it is not corruption in the financial sense...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: WHERE AMERICA GOES NOW | 8/19/1974 | See Source »

...than most industrial states to world inflationary trends because it has almost no raw materials of its own and must import those needed by its mighty industries. Prices began to rise sharply in 1972, in part because of the sudden spurt in the global cost of commodities and smartly rising wages. To restrain inflation last year the government reined in the money supply and cut spending to the bone. Then the oil crisis burst on Japan, raising nightmares of economic stagnation. Panicky consumers rushed to buy up everything in sight, wholesalers hoarded goods in jammed warehouses in anticipation of even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INFLATION: Seeking Antidotes to a Global Plague | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

Springfield took command in the third period as the Chiefs opened up with a 6-1 spurt. However, the determined Crimson fought back to deadlock the score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Volleyball Team Loses to Springfield, 3-0 | 3/14/1974 | See Source »

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