Word: bases
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...among independent companies long before it was adopted by Bell. Another feature in general use by independents for half a century (but not yet used by Bell) is full selective ringing on rural multiparty lines. Independents introduced the handset or cradle-type telephone, the ringer in the telephone base, the colored telephone, conversation timing and other features...
Wilson's most serious opposition seemed certain to come from the Labor Party's traditional power base, the trade unions. Frank Cousins, the chief of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union (1,500,000 members), who only three weeks ago resigned from the Cabinet in protest against any official restraint on wages, vowed that he would support workers who were due for raises under previously agreed contracts. Other unions pledged to push for higher wages-freeze or no freeze...
...middle of last week, the enemy's major troop units had faded away, and the U.S. and South Vietnamese battalions were sweeping forward almost at will. They overran an enemy regimental staging area, a base camp, a 100-bed hospital with 1,200 lbs. of medical supplies, and a V.C. reception area strung with banners reading "Welcome to the National Liberation Front...
Within 23 days of Feddersen's arrival, he had shaken loose 2,600 lbs. of spare parts for failing trucks and bulldozers, procured vitally needed aluminum sections for the airstrip's 8,000-ft. jet runway, and made MCB 10 the only outfit on the base with a perpetual supply of beer, steaks, lettuce, tomatoes and lumber. In the past two weeks alone, Feddersen has turned up a truck engine, two electronic workbenches, 15 file cabinets, 35 electric fans, 1,000 lbs. of small automotive parts and 42 hickory-handled carnival mallets. "You're dead...
...keep its index figure realistically close to the price of stocks, the exchange used the figure 50 as the base average value as of Dec. 31, 1965; the day actually closed at $53.54. All fluctuations are calculated against this base. Thus, since the market has gone down in the past six months, the index opened below 50. Like the Dow-Jones, the exchange's index will have a tendency to inflate with splits and new issues. But unlike the Dow, it will be adjusted to keep it close to stock prices. For example, if it reaches 100, it might...