Word: buying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rich strike. Many other amateurs, discouraged by the boomtown prices and the depth of the veins, were selling out. Said one: "God put the crystal near the surface, but the devil pushed it to the bottom." As the amateurs quit, professional mining outfits were moving in to buy up their claims and get down to where the devil pushed the crystal...
...knee and white, mid-calf boots open at the toe. The highflying hem was born. The French Vogue and Elle devoted so much space to Courrèges that Coco Chanel took offense, threatened leading French fabric houses that if they bought ads in the magazines, she would "never buy another centimeter of cloth." Stormed she: "They showed Courrèges and spoke about architecture-architecture? They go on and on about art and the year 2000. Stop! Who wears...
...world's biggest single user of computers is the U.S. Government, which spends $1 billion a year to buy, rent and maintain 1,767 machines-not including most of the top-secret machines used by the Pentagon. "The electronic computer," President Johnson said recently, "has enabled the Government to carry out programs which otherwise would have been impossible." Computers make out 95% of the Government's paychecks, keep track of all the G.I. shoes, socks and weapons all over the world, register the course, direction and speed of all shipping in the North Atlantic and, this year...
Nonetheless, BOAC has mixed feelings about its new plane. The Super VC 10 carries 180 passengers v. the Boeing 707's 189, will be more expensive to purchase ($11.2 million each), operate and maintain. BOAC was ready to buy eight 707s to add to its present 20, in fact, but the British government persuaded the line to buy 17 Super VC 10s instead as an aid to the ailing British aircraft industry; as a sweetener, the government cancelled BOAC debts totaling $308 million. So far, British Aircraft has had trouble selling the planes outside of Britain (total sales...
...look at the intangible things a diploma can bring which money can't buy: Self-confidence--knowing you have the training and the ability to forge ahead in your work. Social poise--knowing you can hold your own in any discussion because of your background in English, history, literature and other high school subjects, More interesting personality--an asset that only education can develop and that attracts new friends in both business and social situations...