Search Details

Word: 65billion (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...would concentrate on producing more pigs, say two per citizen, the expression "passing a pig" would mean doing a good deed, instead of a bad one. In the next breath Khrushchev passed Soviet citizenry its biggest pig in many a year: he declared a moratorium on 260 billion rubles ($65billion) lent to the state by workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Pie in the Sty | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

| 1 |