Word: barter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gentlemen, justice is for barter and sale to the highest bidder. No one thinks about principle any more." See THE NATION, The Death of the 87th...
...Saturday there was a House quorum, and the surly Representatives voted down Cannon's money-saving motions. That brought a furious floor blast from Cannon against the whole political atmosphere on the Hill. "Gentlemen," he roared, "justice is for barter and sale to the highest bidder. No one thinks about principle any more. They are ready to sell justice!" Then he proceeded to astonish his colleagues with direct, personal attacks on the leaders of his own party in the House, wound up with a withering slap at Speaker John McCormack. "I have sat under ten Speakers," roared Cannon...
...week passed the new foreign trade bill giving the President unprecedented power to cut tariffs (see THE NATION), the majority of U.S. businessmen cheered. The burgeoning of Europe's Common Market had left the U.S. little alternative to an all-out drive for freer trade; the U.S. must barter down...
Though it contains only 92? worth of silver, the thaler's barter value varies from country to country, ranges up to $1.50 in Ethiopia. No one knows how many thalers are still in circulation, but at least 320 million have been minted, and the minting is still going on-but with a difference. Under prodding from Austria, the British fortnight ago promised to stop coining thalers, thus leaving the Vienna mint as the sole source. The move delighted Austrian bankers, who sell new thalers for $1.04 apiece and make an 8? profit on each one. To the bankers...
Exports: Peanuts, cotton, rice. Per capita income: $33. U.S. aid (1961): $2,500,000. Also aided by Reds. No industry; 1960 break with Senegal cut off Mali from its port. Signs of disillusion with Red barter deals. Syphilis rate 15%, as in most of ex-French Africa...