Word: buying
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...China, because of its self-imposed, xenophobic political isolationism-are benefiting, or about to benefit, from the new crops and new techniques. By themselves, the new farming methods are, of course, not the final answer. But they do provide an urgently needed respite. "We've been able to buy some time," says U.S. Food Expert Lester Brown, "so we can study further how to control the world's population...
...gold to the official market at $35 per oz., if they could also get permission to sell the other half at a higher price on the free market. At the same time, the world's monetary authorities would put a floor under the gold price by agreeing to buy South Africa's bullion if and when the free-market price ever falls below $35. Continental moneymen are increasingly convinced that the Nixon Administration will accept such a deal. Once again, in 1969, the fraternity of central bankers will probably have to use inspired improvisations to keep the world...
Parks believes that he will benefit from the tendency of people to "buy up, and buy out." By "up" he means higher quality, and by "out" foreign foods like Mexican and Chinese. Parks feels that his products are spicy enough to ride the fringes of the foreign trend. To insure their quality, the boss himself acts as an official taster. Recently he solved one executive problem by making a rather deft change. Parents and even schoolchildren had written in to complain about the company's shrill radio spot ads, in which a child cries, "More Parks Sausages, Mom!" That...
...understand why we always buy IBM computers," William H. Bossert, associate professor of Applied Mathematics said. He said that the five IBM computers the Computation Center now have are often out of order. "Our past experience with IBM has not always been satisfactory," he claimed...
Professor Bossert said that the Computing Center was forced to be conservative in its choice of machines, since it depends for funds on the money students pay for computer time. It is forced to buy instruments which it is positive will be used a good deal, Bossert said...