Word: steeping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for the present Israeli malaise is financial. The cost of the war - an estimated $10 billion - has staggered the country's economy. The involuntary war "loan" deducted from Israeli salaries has been raised to 14% of income - on top of steep ordinary income tax rates - even as government subsidies of food staples have been slashed. As a result, the cost of such items as bread, butter and milk has risen anywhere from 30% to 70%, while the average bus fare has gone up 50% and the price of a telephone call...
...descends further into the more solidly-built portion of the city, with quaint two- and three-story pensions and humble eating places crowding the paved streets, along with small shops selling clothes, stationery and cheap appliances. Large churches open up on concrete plazas. Here the streets are less steep, and the air is noticeably warmer than it was at the top. The narrow streets then give way to broad tree-lined avenues wrapped in the shadows of the towering hotels, banks, and office buildings built by the money of foreign companies and wealthy local businessmen. Further on still, this district...
...steepest course we've run this year," Steele said, "and I do much better on steep courses." He said he concentrated on not making mistakes, "not catching a tip, not letting my edges slide out." Steele said that many of the other competitors leaned into the gates and found themselves slipping off line...
...scarred and torn land. Congress seems to be close to passing a bill that would make strippers repair the ravaged earth after mining. Such reclamation works well in the rolling, well-watered countryside of Ohio and Pennsylvania, but is difficult in the arid West, and virtually impossible on the steep slopes of West Virginia and Kentucky. In the long run, however, only 5% of the U.S.'s immense reserves are strippable. The rest must be mined by men working in deep shafts...
Like 500 or so other Chicagoans, Rolfe has rejected the steep rents and monotonous layouts of high-rise apartments and opted instead for storefront living near downtown business districts...