Word: board
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chin Up. In Laramie, Wyo., the bulletin board in front of the Zion Lutheran Church said: COME IN AND HAVE YOUR FAITH LIFTED...
...Diamond Lil and brought her measure to measure with Mae West's 38-24-38. "I like 'em tight, girls," growled Mae, and was soon jammed into costumes in which she could not "lie, bend or sit." So that West could relax a bit between takes, a board was set up for her to lean against. Marlene Dietrich, arriving for a fitting, "quickly peels down, revealing the most beautiful French lingerie I've ever seen, all white, just a touch of lace...
...surprise of Wall Street, the Federal Reserve Board last week tightened up on credit again-and immediately stirred up a controversy. In the third such move since last summer, the Fed permitted four district banks (New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas) to raise their discount rates to member banks from 2½% to 3%, thus allowing others to follow...
...move came as a surprise, because only one day earlier, Federal Reserve Board Member M. S. Szymczak told a Washington audience that the Fed might have followed a tougher money policy were it not for the 4,700,000 U.S. workers still unemployed. His remark was interpreted to rule out any quick discount hike, and the bond market spurted up on the strength of it; after the announcement, the market slipped back again...
Jordan explained that unlike other colleges, Radcliffe does not attempt to make a profit from room and board payments. The College's over-all policy is to "break even in the long run," which necessitates adjustments in room and board charges. ROOM AND BOARD SCHEDULE Present Fall 1959 Single rooms available in all halls $1,080 $1,130 Planned double rooms (available in Bertram, Comstock, Holmes and Moors Halls) 1,000 1,045 Economy double rooms (available in all Halls) 890 930 Cooperative houses (board not included...