Word: springly
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...selling off their herds because of burnt pastures and a shortage of feed. Farther north, the Dakotas and eastern Montana have been enduring a drought for almost a year. In Montana, range lands were devastated, and crop losses were estimated at up to 90%. Worst off: winter and spring wheat, barley, oats...
...costly. With cut-rate fares and fierce overcompetition taking the place of missiles and machine guns, the airlines are battling for survival in an ever tougher market. They have become so intent on shooting down one another "that they seem to have forgotten how to make money. Normally late spring and summer are the peak periods for airline profits. Not so this year. Last week as many of the nation's major airlines released their financial results for the second quarter, the figures were appalling...
...series of surprising actions by the Federal Reserve in recent weeks suggests that Chairman Paul Volcker would like to see those volatile rates remain low in order to prevent the recession from getting any worse. The Fed has switched from a draconian clampdown on the growth of money all spring to a breathless 14.9% annual rate of increase in June. Moreover, it has begun cautiously lowering the levels to which it will let certain key interest rates sink. At the same time, the U.S. central bank, in a further effort to feed cash and credit back into the economy...
Some corporations are now challenging COLA payments. Steel companies last spring got the United Steelworkers to forgo a 320-an-hour COLA increase in order to pay for higher pensions for retired union members. The copper industry was willing to accept a strike this month when the union would not agree to divert a 29?-an-hour COLA increase to help pay for its benefit funds...
...best preventive medicine, other than prompt removal of infected trees, is constant vigilance, spraying and pruning. New York City has 33,000 American elms, one of the largest municipal collections in the East. Fewer than 1% died last year, largely because the elms are doused each spring with a chemical that discourages beetles from nesting, and park rangers and volunteers conduct "elm watches" to spot the disease (early signs: wilting, curling and yellowing leaves; thinning of the tree's crown; brown streaks under the bark). An aroused citizenry helps keep the pressure on city hall; last month elm lovers...