Word: againstness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Finny Barrier. Scientists now foresee exciting possibilities in the control of fish by sonic commands. They might, for example, be used to lure dangerous fish away from swimming areas or from divers in the sea. There are even potential military applications. By broadcasting intermittently at a popular shark frequency, a...
Last week the battle against inflation entered a new and crucial phase. The phase began when the nation's commercial banks raised their minimum interest charge for loans from 71% to an unprecedented 81% - a move that was widely interpreted as a portent of a serious credit crisis. The...
The Federal Reserve compounded the difficulties by unwisely permitting the money supply to grow much too fast, partly because it had to supply funds to finance the Government debt. Last summer the board's governors rroneously concluded that the surcharge might jolt the economy into recession. The board then...
For the Lazorcaks, inflation is the killer of the dream. One reason, Lazorcak says, is rising rent-up $15 a month last year. His wife stretches the dollar by growing her own fruits and vegetables in a garden. The couple's last night out was on their sixth anniversary...
Censorship of the press is hardly a rarity in Latin America, but Brazil's military-backed government seems more brazen about it than most. Instead of arresting, warning or otherwise punishing specific editors for printing articles that President Arthur da Costa e Silva finds offensive, the government is now...