Word: assaulted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though the conspiracy theory may be gospel to "a priesthood of marginal paranoids," said Roche, it is also "an assault on the sanity of American society, and I believe in its fundamental sanity." He concludes: "I don't mind people being paranoiac, but don't make me carry their luggage...
...symptoms of monetary malaise are abundant. Because its sterling is tarnished, Britain has been forced to deflate and then devalue, causing its citizens to pay more for what they buy from the rest of the world. The dollar is also under assault. Betting that its value will decline, some cautious bankers and quick-profit speculators are selling dollars for gold at a rapid rate. The hemorrhage of U.S. gold has become alarming-nearly $1 billion in the past two months-and last week President Johnson took some stern actions to stop it (see THE NATION and BUSINESS). It is obvious...
...bossed by Dr. Max Schmidheiny, 59, a Swiss engineer who succeeded Dr. Walter E. Boveri, son of the founder, in 1966 (no Brown has been with the firm since 1941). While his three managing directors run day-to-day operations, Schmidheiny has been tuning B.B.C. up for a broad assault on the lucrative U.S. market. He thus considers it fortunate that, unlike most European firms, B.B.C. has not based its production on licensing agreements with the large American companies...
...mortal danger. And to Hermann Goring and other shrewd predators, the wealth of Florentine art was irresistible. Long before the Allies approached the city, Wolf had assigned himself three dangerous tasks: to save lives, to prevent the plunder of the city's art, and to keep Florence from assault by having it declared an open city...
...belatedly, lawmen and lawyers are beginning to recognize the advantages of video tape. In Detroit, police lineups of suspects have been videotaped, making it possible for witnesses to do their viewing when convenient for them. An added benefit for assault and rape victims: they do not have to undergo the trauma of physically facing the assailant again. In fact, the only drawback many police departments see to video tape is price. The complete Ampex system of camera, sound recorder and receiver, which is generally conceded to be the best and most adaptable, costs $1,654 for just...