Word: broking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...magazine, signed him up as a China stringer. The new reporter soon discovered that he had an unexpected fan. Henry R. Luce, TIME cofounder, had been born in China and took a special interest in the young journalist's stories. Eventually, in 1945, the two men broke over the issue of China. Luce continued to believe that Chiang Kai-shek was a great man and the right leader for his country, while White became increasingly critical of the Nationalist regime and convinced that the Communists were bound to win. White did not reNEWS establish his relationship with Luce until...
...respondents proved to be remarkably honest: less than 1% broke the rules by filing more than one application. Among them was a man in Fresno, Calif., who apparently thought he was entering a contest. He bought 125 newspapers, completed the forms and mailed them all in. When the refund checks went out, one was sent to him-for $6.30, far less than what he had paid for the newspapers...
...reach." At the same time, the rate of inflation has fallen from a 1974 high of 21% to a manageable 4%. Yet simultaneously, there is a slowly dawning consensus among Japanese leaders and businessmen that the good old days of whizbang, export-led growth are numbered. Indeed, go-for-broke Japan is now retrenching for a new era of go-slow growth, in which gross national product is expected to expand at about half of its former clip...
...minutes later, Kempes broke in on Yongblood, who repelled one volley before Kempes poked the ball between two sluggish Dutch defenders for the eventual game-winner...
Stenhouse, the sophomore outfielder who broke the Harvard career home run record and tied the single season mark for round-trippers, earned first team status, the first New England player since 1973 to be so honored. Stenhouse led the Crimson with a .404 batting average and also knocked in 36 runs to pace the batsmen...