Word: steeping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Granting these conditions, what is the major factor likely to cause a steep economic rise? Most economists expect that it will be an upsurge in consumer spending, which has been sluggish for two years. Eckstein foresees a $60 billion jump in consumer spending, an increase averaging more than $1,000 per U.S. family. The spending increase will be brought about in part by the President's proposed tax stimulants, which were liberalized by the House Ways and Means Committee last week (see page 27). Next year, a family of four earning $10,000 a year is scheduled...
Only the dwellers in other high buildings seem dismayed by the arrangement. Paying steep prices for their own apartments, they often discover that they look into a high-rise slum rather than over the grandeur of Mexico City...
...become dependent on opiates, including heroin." He said that surveys taken in April and May of men below the rank of. buck sergeant showed that about 10% or 11% had used heroin once. But at least the addiction rate, though still insupportable, does not seem as steep as was feared...
...splendor of 70 continuous miles of white sandy beaches. This coastline enhances transcendental (as opposed to commercial) values. Says Banham: "A man needs only what he stands up in-usually a pair of frayed shorts and sunglasses." In contrast are the foothills, where grand houses perch precariously on steep, lush gardens, the perfect incubators of the "fat life" of affluence and privacy...
...gradual loss of employee enterprise in some factories and offices, along with an increase in shoddy workmanship and malingering. At General Motors, where the absenteeism rate runs a high 5.5%. Labor Relations Director George B. Morris says that the company would not have much trouble paying Detroit's steep wage rates "if only our workers would show up." Many Americans undoubtedly still want to work, but they expect more psychological rewards and less drudgery than earlier generations were willing to accept...