Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...logical extremes. By adding ribbons to his copy of Kenneth Noland's "And Again," he has created an authentic Baxter (shown with the artist, at right). In visual language, the work snorts that if stripes alone make a painting, then why don't longer stripes make a better...
...securities analysts has escalated in the past five years from $7,000 to at least $10,000, and ranking analysts get $25,000 to $60,-000. On top of that, executives of brokerages traditionally pocket bonuses of from one month's to two years' salary. Even better off than the analysts are the most active customer's men; they get 25% to 40% of the commissions on their transactions, and often earn well over $100,000 a year. Stephen Weiss, 33, a vice president of A. G. Becker & Co. in Manhattan, last year handled approximately $80 million...
...world's reserves of $73 billion. The SDR plan will be an aid to trade, but not a cure for the world's monetary ills. They can only be treated if individual nations, notably France and West Germany, succeed in putting their trading accounts in better balance...
...about shifting to Taiwan or Singapore. But peace returned-and so did prosperity. No businesses actually moved out. Despite the monumental inconveniences caused by what is now euphemistically called "the disturbances," 1967 turned out to be Hong Kong's best export year until then, and 1968 was even better in every respect. Last week, as it celebrated the Chinese New Year-the "Year of the Rooster"-the British crown colony had plenty to crow about. Business has never been better...
...exam grades, the letter says: "There is not only no better measure of relative intellectual accomplishment and ability of graduating students; there is simply no alternative measure...