Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stock market's steep climb is beginning to cause more uneasiness than cheer. Last week, just after the market hit a 1958 high of 510.33 on the Dow-Jones industrial average, the Federal Reserve Board joined the ranks of the worriers. Noting that customer credit had increased by $746 million in the first half of the year, it raised margin requirements (i.e., the minimum cash payment required on stock purchases) from 50% to 70%. While the Fed thought its action would act as a damper on speculation, changes in margins have usually had almost no effect on the market...
...blast of the concealed bomb tore the stalled Ford into shrapnel. It blew the Rambler off the road; the little car plunged in flames over a cliff into the steep gorge of the Beirut River. All five adults in the car were killed at once; the girl died hours later. The charred body of Fayet Esrouer came to rest sitting on a cliffside rock, feet propped up as if still on brakes, and hands still clutching the wheel that was no longer there. On the asphalt of the highway, the motorcycle cop was sprawled dead. Behind him, two gendarmes...
Nothing would damage chances of a fast second-half pickup more than an auto strike. But much as they wish to avoid a strike, the companies are faced with one hard economic fact: a steep wage boost would also mean a steep boost in 1959 car prices-and kill off hope of selling any more cars than...
...victories on which Nasser has grown so great are often setbacks for his people. Though he has forced the British out of Egypt, his country is poorer, self-deprived of desperately needed Western aid, sapped by retaliatory boycott, and helpless before a rate of population growth so steep that there can be no hope of abating the general misery for years. Though he merged Syria in his United Arab Republic with glowing promises of prosperity in Arab brotherhood, the first consequences for Syrians were a decline in the value of their money, a stiff boost in tariffs, and destruction...
...school play, which was really excellent-but costly! We spent, for a patron's contribution and tickets and costumes for four, $26.40. Isn't that steep? Does the same thing happen in public schools? Was it really good to have the schoolchildren in their uniforms seek patrons from among the neighboring store owners, mostly men of other faiths? This money goes, I understand, for lay teachers' salaries. Surely there is another way to raise such funds; it isn't up to the children...