Word: 1970s
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...they entice other investors to share the risk. With virtually unlimited resources and an actual tie to the underlying commodity, oil suppliers are in a far better position to accomplish this manipulation than, say, the Hunt brothers were during their attempt to corner the silver market in the 1970s...
...paparazzi that greeted Gary Glitter this morning at London's Heathrow Airport might have triggered memories of his days as a 1970s pop star. But today's hullabaloo was decidedly less glam, and not only because police escorts replaced the groupies. Glitter, born Paul Francis Gadd, 64, returns not as a musical icon, but as a disgraced pedophile, expelled from three Asian countries in as many days...
...Known for his bouffant wigs, silver platform shoes and etched-on eyebrows, Glitter became a household name in the 1970s with hits like I'm the Leader of the Gang and Do You Wanna Touch Me? In a recent interview with the Vietnamese newspaper Cong An Nhan Dan, he said that he would like to make a comeback - an unlikely prospect given that his former fans now have children they'd presumably like to protect...
...that a lot of that protest worked, and this latest wave of black politicians is living, breathing evidence of it. Only one generation removed from the protests their parents led, many are Ivy League graduates in their 30s, 40s and 50s who remember the 1960s--and even the 1970s--only from old video and the printed page...
...that a lot of that protest worked, and this latest wave of black politicians is living, breathing evidence of it. Only one generation removed from the protests their parents led, many are Ivy League graduates in their 30s, 40s and 50s who remember the 1960s-and even the 1970s-only from old video and the printed page...