Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...later came to know that the U.S. satellite which had begun to transmit information, hour by hour, to the Israelis since they sent out their "Save Israel" message, now informed them that the Egyptians had taken their Armored Division 21 across to the East Bank of the Canal in an attempt to relieve the pressure on Syria at President [Hafez] Assad's request. I also knew that the Pentagon advised the Israelis to try a counterattack to save their force in Sinai. In his Memoirs, the Israeli Chief of Staff, during the October War, tried to absolve himself...
...battle in the days from Oct. 19 to 22. I challenge Israel to declare the real losses she sustained in the Deversoir Bulge, or indeed, in Sinai. Our Special Service and air forces inflicted great losses on the Israelis in those few days, particularly at Deversoir on the West Bank [of the Suez Canal]. The Israelis would not admit this until 1976, when they actually described the Deversoir Bulge as "the Valley of Death...
...also let it be known that he is seriously considering supplemental measures - slapping a stiff tariff on imported oil, for example, if consumption does not come down. The damage done by dawdling on energy can hardly be overstated. Asks Chief Economist Hans Mast, of Switzerland's Credit Suisse Bank: " What are we to think of a President with a parliamentary majority who cannot get his energy program through Congress...
...dollar plunged to a post-World War II low against the Japanese yen, sinking from 236.90 yen at the start of the week to as little as 233.05 before closing at 234.75. Two years ago, a dollar bought 303 yen. Only heavy buying of unwanted dollars by the Bank of Japan managed to contain the decline...
...Clothing and Textile Workers Union is trying a new pressure tactic: isolating Stevens from its friends in the business and financial community. Last week it won a victory of sorts by forcing two Stevens representatives off the board of directors of Manufacturers Hanover Trust, the giant New York City bank...