Word: soared
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bishop's persuasive powers depended a good deal on deep-set, piercing blue eyes that seemed to transfix his viewers, and a burnished voice that would soar, pause theatrically or plunge to a hushed whisper. Wearing a cape and large pectoral cross, and with a blackboard as his only prop, he performed flawlessly without script or cue cards. He put something like 30 hours' preparation into each show, memorizing key points and the eloquent windup that would precede his famous "God love you" sign...
What mainly had changed was that Hannon and his aides had just been accused of multimillion-dollar mismanagement. By Byrne's estimate, Hannon's administration had allowed the school's red ink to soar to $500 million, while claiming the deficit stood no higher than $43 million. "They sat there and lied to me," said Byrne, recalling a recent upbeat discussion of school finances with Hannon and his aides. "I don't think anybody with half a brain can mistake the difference between $43 million and $500 million." That was a puzzling claim, since Byrne herself...
...shortages. That is causing considerable worry among the commissars. The trade-off for the deprivation of individual rights was always supposed to be steadily improving economic conditions. That is now proving ephemeral. So disillusionment, discontent and defections to the West are reaching epidemic proportions. If prices continue to soar, the political explosion could be immense...
November's price increases bear out his prediction. Global oil supplies are plentiful, yet prices continue to soar. The oil companies "are stockpiling oil as fast as it can be produced," reports the Wall Street Journal...
...when the Eagles get off the ground, they soar. Joe Walsh spits out "In the City," perhaps the best cut on the album, with an anger that eclipses the past "Take It Easy" style of social commentary. The song works because it's a logical evolution from the old sound--not a self-conscious deviation from it. And in "King of Hollywood," Henley and Glenn Frey reiterate the old themes, but without the Hotel California gloss; this one is straightforward and un-hyped...