Word: bargainers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...proposed agenda: NATO and U.S. bases in Europe, which Gromyko wants included. The West feels that inclusion of NATO would imply 1) that it is open to discussion as a threat to peace, 2) that the West will bargain on this issue...
...British drew up a new 60-year oil agreement which gave Iran a royalty of four shillings to the ton. By the standards of the day, that was no more than a hard bargain by the empire, but by 1951 standards, it was exploitation. Under the agreement-still in effect-the British government got more revenue from the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. in taxes alone than the Iranian government received from all its sources of income...
...library of her home, Kingston Hall in Nottinghamshire. When villagers asked her to contribute something to their jumble sale last winter she thought she'd "get rid of it once and for all." She tagged the picture at a few shillings and sent it off. But bargain-hunting villagers didn't give it a second glance. Back it came to its donor...
...which is now the site of Jordan Marsh Co., New England's biggest department store. Not until Boston Banker Charles Francis Adams became treasurer in 1898 did Harvard start shifting from real estate to common stocks. When the 1929 Wall Street crash put many good securities on the bargain counter, Harvard bought stocks faster than ever (see chart), now holds $112 million worth...
According to a traditional bargain, losers forfeit their shifts, but as in previous races, the 'Cliffed wellers sported two shirts each, wearing typhoons under their over-shirts. The final score...