Word: upward
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...upward swings attracted the short sellers-speculators who hope to make money when the market goes down. With the exception of people in the business, like Simplot, short sellers seldom see potatoes or even own them, nor do they care to. Their object is to sell contracts to deliver potatoes in the future, then buy back those contracts at a lower price before the delivery date. The difference is their profit. A contract to deliver sold at $16 will yield a profit of $10 (less commissions) if bought later at $6. In commodities trading, the "shorts" are ranged against...
...show illustrates how immaterial the distinction the West draws between art and craft was in traditional Japanese culture: a kosode, or small-sleeved robe - like the 17th century garment in two colors of figured satin, the jagged yellow sheet sweeping diagonally upward across its black ground - is as satisfying a work of art as any scroll or painted screen. Some kimono are filmy and almost blank, with patterns and emblems grouped in small areas. Others, like the takarazukushi, or "myriad treasures" robes, swarming with thousands of embroidered good-luck symbols, look thick enough to stand up on their...
...career, he used to demonstrate his contempt for the medium by giving the smallest part of his talents. Now he has apparently decided to give too much, to parody himself. His work in Missouri Breaks is not so much a performance as it is a finger thrust joyously upward by an actor who has survived everything, including his own self-destructive impulses...
France too is happily revising its forecasts upward. French G.N.P. is expected to expand 5% or more this year rather than the 4.7% anticipated earlier. Exports should climb by 6.4%, and auto sales already are up 20%. Another barometer: champagne sales, after two bad years, are bubbling almost 40% ahead of the 1975 pace...
...Widener? Actually, (he looked up, set the file tray on a desk, and pointed upward) I'm looking at the pillars holding up this room. It's the first time I've noticed them, just look at that. Gold marble and gold leaves at the top. Some story says that in Washington, D.C. all the leaves at the tops of columns are tobacco leaves. Goes to show the power of the American tobacco industry infiltrating our pores...