Word: upward
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Clinton-style reform with mandatory price restraints can tackle the job in the long run. "Medical inflation slowed in the late 1970s just in time to defeat a previous effort at cost containment," recalls Laura Tyson, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers. "Later on, prices resumed their former upward spiral...
...need to do is look at the progressivecumulative deficit," said Stager. "One doesn'thave to look at the last year to see a continualmove upward...
...appalling snobbery when they tell their neighbors that "mercifully you people do have the opportunity to purchase your council properties these days." The other side of the social coin is represented by Cyril's sister Vivien and her nouveau-riche husband. While Vivien personifies the British obsession with upward social mobility, her husband's chat-up line, "Hurry up, I've only got ten minutes" was for me a nostalgic reminder of the romantic sensibility of men back home...
...many of whose first language is Cantonese. And with people come customs: while new immigrants from Taiwan and Vietnam and India -- some of the so-called Asian Calvinists -- import all-American values of hard work and family closeness and entrepreneurial energy to America, America is sending its values of upward mobility and individualism and melting-pot hopefulness to Taipei and Saigon and Bombay...
Ramer's successful freshman campaign was followed by an injury-plagued sophomore season. Ramer's career, however, took a dramatic upward turn last year when he earned a starting position at linebacker...