Word: barriers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...historic week for Wall Streeters. Led by such blue chips as U.S. Steel and Standard Oil (N.J.), the Dow Jones industrial average broke through the 520 level that has been a barrier three times before, climbed to an alltime record high of 526.57 before settling back to 526.43. What gave the market its record-breaking push was the same combination of improving business news, institutional buying and fear of inflation that has sent it on one of the steepest climbs in history...
Harvard got off to a good start at a rapid 40 strokes a minute rate. By the Remenham Barrier, the one-third marker, the lightweights had grabbed a quarter-length advantage, and stroke Mark Hoffman was understroking Thames. At Fawley, the eight increased their lead to half a length, and continued to understroke the heavier, older British crew...
...arrived. Its gist: 1) a strong re-establishment of Pan-American unity, with Latin America's importance to the U.S. and the free world clearly emphasized; 2) a ten-year program, coordinated by a central agency, to raise Latin American productivity and living standards, thereby throw up a barrier against Communist penetration...
...reach all the way to the sun and could well thwart mortal designs on outer space. Within minutes of launch, Explorer IV was wheeling with the other moons, 170 miles up at the lowest, 1,400 miles up at the highest, sending back vital intelligence on this cosmic barrier...
...Copper, now being produced at 950,000 tons annually, has an excess capacity of about 350,000 tons; moreover, producers hold high inventories of refined copper. Government guarantees for 120,000 tons have a ceiling price of 28? per lb., which will probably act as a barrier to any major price rise...