Word: upping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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If a big quake does strike soon, it will cause far more damage than its 19th century predecessor. A new study by the Midwest Research Institute in Kansas City estimates that a nighttime New Madrid-sized jolt during the next ten years could kill nearly 300 people, injure 27,000...
While the market for houses is slumping, sales of condominiums and cooperative apartments are holding up better. They account for only 2.3% of all U.S. housing, but in recent years they have become the hottest properties in residential real estate, and supertight money seems unlikely to put more than a...
But as Volckerism continues to drive up the cost of money and tighten credit much further, the cheering will increasingly be mixed with catcalls. House Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas is already bitterly denouncing the Federal Reserve for "pouring gasoline on a fire in a misguided effort to put...
According to the book, high managers were directed from above to give contributions to the company's political campaign fund in assigned amounts up to $3,000. The checks were made out to cash. Ranking executives made every effort to have their meal checks and other expenses picked up...
He was not listened to but instead told in effect: 'You're not a member of the team. Shut up or go looking for another job.' " DeLorean says he feels that the decision makers were "not immoral men."