Word: baskets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Belgrade, Saudi Arabia's Finance Minister Mohammed Ali Abdul Khail warned that continued depreciation of the dollars that the OPEC countries are paid for their oil might very well "evoke reactions." By that he presumably meant that the OPEC countries might force buyers to pay in a "basket" of many currencies rather than just in dollars; if this were to happen, demand for dollars would decline and they would slide further in value...
Ministers in Belgrade took a step to ensure that the crash of '79 remains fiction by reducing the hazardous excess of dollars. They agreed to press work on a plan to replace perhaps as much as $40 billion in dollars with bonds denominated in a basket of 16 currencies, including two from OPEC countries-Saudi Arabia and Iran. This could be approved at a meeting in April...
Tensions and insecurities may have something to do with Pavarotti's gourmandizing too, quite beyond his sensual gusto and need to replenish himself. After a hard evening onstage, he has been known to put away a lobster dinner followed by a steak dinner and an entire basket of rolls, and then to dive for leftovers on his companion's plate. Lambrusco, the slightly fizzy red wine of his native region, does not travel well, according to his palate. When on tour, Pavarotti orders bottles of Mouton-Cadet 1975, say, mixes them with bottles of Perrier water and?ecco!?instant...
...seeing cast iron out there," Paisley says, nodding toward the tarmac. "You're seeing aluminum. You're not seeing eight-cylinder engines. You're seeing four and even two. You look at some of these drive trains and you can put them in a bushel basket - that's how small they are. That's an indication of the cars of the future...
Nixon relishes Pope John Paul II's trip to Poland. "Stalin asked how many divisions the Pope had," Nixon chortles. "The answer is one hell of a lot of divisions." Nixon catalogues the Soviet flaws: their economy is a "basket case," Eastern Europe is not so firm, the cost of Cuba is growing. The Soviets have that one damnable advantage of singleminded, purposeful, directed leadership...