Word: bindings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Continuing his study of astronomical phenomena. Liller used the density of the planet Saturn, estimated at .72 the density of water. Astronomers have calculated, however, that even if the entire planet were made up only of hydrogen, the lightest element, gravitational attraction of atoms would bind them together so tightly that their density would be far greater than...
...century-old firm of Skoda, a winged arrow in a circle. The other is the red star of Communism. The famed plant that munitioned Central Europe's armies through two world wars is now the Skoda Lenin Works, a smoking, clanging symbol of a bold Russian ambition: to bind together all the productive skills of the seven East European satellites into one Moscow-managed economic community...
...allegedly linked by spiritual bonds so powerful that they do not need to encumber themselves with rules or bylaws. But last week, as the leaders of ten nations assembled in London for the ninth Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference since World War II (see cut), the ties that bind the Commonwealth were under greater strain than ever before. Said India's Nehru bluntly: "Whether or not it is mentioned in polite society, the Commonwealth is facing difficult basic problems, and some people begin to doubt whether the Commonwealth is becoming too vague to be identified as anything...
...predicament: he had pegged his campaign to primaries to prove he could be a winner. Yet he stood in danger of being knocked out, or badly hurt, in a state that proved very little about the other 49. The West Virginia primary itself is meaningless. It does not even bind the delegates. Said Kennedy glumly at week's end: "If I lose in West Virginia, it'll just throw the race open to all the contenders-including myself, I believe...
...hundred at a time. When he became president in 1954, he got a chance at big money with an option for 35,000 shares at $9.56 a share. After that, American Motors' stock dropped below the option price. But when it started up, Romney was in a bind. He had voluntarily cut his salary when the company was in the red, placed a $225,000 limit on his salary and bonuses when business picked up. Thus, he had not been able to save anywhere near enough money for a major stock purchase. "I had to borrow to pick...