Word: beare
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...blockhouse," "an upside-down pagoda," and "the tomb of Cheops." But informal polls indicate that an increasing number of secretaries and taxi drivers are coming to like it. The architects hope that with time the city hall will accumulate the usual collection of flags and trophies. "It should bear the marks of the people who use it," says McKinnell. And Kallmann thinks that the building is ready for all the coming wear and tear. Says he confidently: "It isn't so delicate that it can't take...
...opportunities that devaluation affords for selling more cheaply abroad. Many, in fact, have actually raised their prices. Scotch distillers pumped prices up 11.5%, dye sellers 16.7%. Even when letting their prices fall with the pound, some exporters have stopped short of full value, gauging what the traffic will bear. MG-maker British Motors, for example, reduced prices 12% in Europe, but only...
...ministers as a sign that France will exercise the option that becomes operative under the NATO charter in 1969 and withdraw from the organization entirely. De Gaulle reckons that since the U.S. will defend Europe anyway, France may as well enjoy the benefits of the alliance without having to bear any of the responsibilities...
...been possible to prove the benefits to babies beyond the shadow of a doubt. But studies seem to bear out his belief. South African babies born after prenatal decompression have scored, on the average, about 18% higher than normally born South African white children in tests based on the landmarks of infant development mapped out by Child Psychologist Arnold Gesell. In one group of decompression babies, 16% scored at least 48% higher. At their first birthdays, six specially watched infants who had had the benefit of decompression during gestation and birth appeared to be as developed physically and behaviorally...
...change more dramatic than in the West, where the mountains are higher, the snow deeper, and the enthusiasts are showing up each year in ever increasing numbers. Since last winter, new resorts have blossomed at Alpental, Wash., 55 miles east of Seattle in the Cascades, and at Bear Valley, Calif., a remote area in the northern Sierras that boasts the record U.S. annual snowfall-73 ft. in the winter of 1906-07. At Alta, Utah, a 5,100-ft.-long lift has been added to open up the powder-rich Albion Basin, until now accessible only by climbing on skis...