Word: strains
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...week's end the strain and tension began to show. Lindsay's shoulders were stooped a bit; his step was slightly slower. When a reporter asked him about his first week in office, Lindsay grinned and said, "You mean it's only been a week?" He had had so much exposure that many New Yorkers already felt that they knew him as well as they had ever known Bob Wagner...
...rate now is up to around 6¼% . On European companies' bonds it is even higher. At those levels, it is just as practical for Europeans to come to New York for money. If they do, their activity would increase the balance-of-payments strain that U.S. borrowing abroad was supposed to alleviate...
...fire, the U.S. fighting man was enduring living conditions that would have made Dante's ninth circle seem cozy. He was mired in mud when it rained, choked by dust when it did not. There were leeches and lice, poisonous vipers and venereal diseases, dengue, and a virulent strain of malaria that has defied preventives and resists cure. Temperatures hit 130° on the sandy beaches, 20° in the mountains. In the water-filled bunkers of Danang and Phan Rang, marines and paratroopers wrapped themselves in rubberized ponchos to grab a few hours' soaked sleep...
...economy is beginning to show the strain of this rapid expansion. For the first time in five years, labor costs rose faster than productivity in 1965: 4.2% v. 2.5%. Consumer prices last year jumped 1.8% , and wholesale prices rose 1.3%, the first rise of any kind since 1959. This is already threatening the nation's remarkable record of price stability. The economy cannot continue its present growth rate at today's productivity level without serious upward pressure on prices...
...even greater danger-for the nation as well as the Democrats-is inflation. As it whirls into its fifth expansionary year, the economy is showing clear signs of strain. Prices are inching up. The rate of increase in productivity has slipped from 3.4% to 2.5% this year because some industries have reached capacity production. There are shortages of skilled workers in key sectors such as the aircraft industry. Federal expenditures, growing by leaps and bounds with the rising cost of the Viet Nam war, may go as high as $107 billion-$7.3 billion more than anticipated...