Word: adds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fallen by $372 million in four months. Inadvertently, Wilson himself had speeded the crisis. Before leaving for his trip to Moscow fortnight ago, he explained to the House of Commons that the new 7% bank rate had been urgently necessary to defend the pound, then went on to add that other emergency measures would come in ten days' time. The warning unnerved investors and sent the pound plunging to $2.78 11/16-its lowest point in 20 months...
Before 40, one adds and feeds to gorge the ego; after 40, one subtracts and simplifies to slim the soul. With the final image of one's existence even faintly in view, the self seems pettier and the words "service," "love of others," "compassion" not only creep into the middle-ager's vocabulary but add meaning to his life. In church work, social work, community fund drives, culture centers, middle-agers are always at the fore. Sol Linowitz, 52, chairman of the executive committee of Xerox Corp., defines his abiding purpose: "I want to leave the world...
...insisted, the alternatives are price and wage controls (which nobody wants), a huge budget deficit (inflationary), or new taxes (in an election year). Congress has already appropriated about $1 billion over the Administration's requested $113 billion budget for the new fiscal year. Pending proposals, if adopted, might add another $5 billion or so, chiefly for health, education and agriculture. On top of that, the Viet Nam war will probably force the President to ask for at least $5 billion in supplemental funds before next June...
...major restyling, and the changeover will not be complete until the 1971 models come out. But even Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff, the auto industry's toughest critic in Congress, saw the move as a sign of Detroit's growing recognition that "safety entails more than add-on features...
...cities. Pan American, for example, substituted cramped thrift-class seats for spacious first-class accommodations on all its New York-San Juan flights so as to squeeze aboard 200 more people a day each way. American halved service between New York, Syracuse and Rochester in order to add nine flights a day between New York, Cleveland and Washington. Mohawk Airlines stepped up its schedules where American cut back...