Word: steams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some reasons for the optimism: unemployment is likely to stay above 7% of the work force, deflecting some of the bargaining push away from big wage increases toward new job-security demands. The rate of inflation already is coming down, taking some steam out of the "catchup" drive. Also, many unions will be demanding new, or more generous, provisions tying wage hikes to the cost of living. If price rises continue to slow, the clauses could keep wage increases moderate...
Harvard's offense gelled in the second period, but three post shots in the middle of the period took some of the steam out of the attack. The Kings' defense tightened up and held the Crimson scoreless for the rest of the period, picking up a goal with a minute and a half left in the period to open up the game...
...Station To Station, iu apt, for there is something train-like in the crushing momentum of the disco rhythm tracks and about the sleek streamlined impersonality of the band. The cuts are longer (three fill each side), allowing songs to start out with splintering metallic rumbles that build up steam and reach a feverish, hand-clapping pitch by the ends. None of which would mean anything without the hooks, which are especially abundant and prehensile. In fact, it seems Bowie has subordinated everything to them. The musicians play anonymously (Earl Slick's keening feedback on the beginning of "Station...
Haverland said that his team "ran out of steam" and consequently "went cold in the last few minutes." He added that lack of depth hurt his squad in the game's climactic moments. Williams said simply, "They blew us away...
...predictions of a $150,000 saving were not realistic; we discovered that buildings like Widener can't be kept at low enough temperatures and that we could only reduce the flow of steam in the pipes so much," Leahy said...