Word: paces
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Consumers cannot spend big because personal income has fallen behind the pace of inflation for five of the past six months. In addition, consumer confidence has been badly eroded...
...fast-changing, opportunity-laden 1980s, the energy shortage will bring an economic surge to resource-rich regions. No place has the pace of exploration and the intensity of development to match the Rocky Mountain region that embraces Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Locked in the area's majestic peaks and prairies are the nation's most lavish supplies of undeveloped coal, oil, natural gas, shale oil, uranium and almost everything else that creates power...
...Frank Shorter, 31, has often set the pace. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, the Yale graduate became the first American in more than 50 years to win the marathon, and the attention he received helped quicken interest in the running boom. In 1976 Shorter came back to win a silver medal in Montreal. His 140-mile training weeks left him little opportunity to support himself as a lawyer, however, so he challenged the Amateur Athletic Union's rules prohibiting sports-related income. In a precedent-setting case that has helped other athletes, Shorter convinced the A.A.U. that his manufacturing...
...June increase in the Consumer Price Index was a shade smaller than the May rise, but it was still a full 1%, enough to push inflation for the first half of 1979 to a compound annual rate of 13.2%, more than twice the pace that prevailed when Carter was elected in November...
...case for a second factory is strong. For one thing, Americans are buying small fuel-efficient autos at a faster pace than ever. Since the onset of the gasoline squeeze at the pump last spring, foreign imports have steadily expanded their share of the U.S. auto market, and in May accounted for a record 24.3% of all cars sold. During the first six months of this year, while sales of U.S. autos fell 7.9% below last year's level, forcing the carmakers to cut back production and lay off workers, foreign automakers sold 14.7% more cars. Volkswagen...