Word: cash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...JOHNNY CASH AT FOLSOM PRISON (Columbia). Ex-Con Cash recorded these songs at California's Folsom Prison, and the echo of prisoners' applause against concrete walls adds a bitter and powerful background. A guard's announcement that "88419 is wanted in Reception" serves as sharp counterpoint to such lyrics as "The newspapers called it a jailbreak plan,/ But I know it was suicide." Most chilling song: 25 Minutes to Go, a swinging minute-by-minute account of an execution by hanging. In its own way, a sad, brilliant album...
...curling from the Scots, skiing from the Scandinavians, and just about everything else that anyone plays anywhere. But mention cricket, and the U.S. sports buff knows more about what it is not than what it is. He knows, for example, that it is "not cricket" to steal from petty cash, to smoke in crowded elevators, to make a pass at someone else's wife...
...Under that arrangement, the U.S. now sells bullion at the official $35-per-ounce price only to foreign central banks, thus forcing private speculators to purchase gold on the open market. Gold fever has also been dampened by the fact that France is no longer in a position to cash in dollars for U.S. gold. On the contrary, a good part of the gold that has flowed into the U.S. comes from France, which has been forced to dip into its hoard to defend the beleaguered franc...
...from Under. Underpinning ABC's optimism was the success of an attempt to raise $50 million cash by offering 25-year convertible debentures to stockholders. By the time the offer expired July 15, it was nearly 100% subscribed. Whether this showing reflected confidence in the company or the hope that Hughes would take over may never be known. "In addition to this infusion of cash," says ABC Vice President James C. Hagerty, "we will have a saving of $53 million on network operations this year. This is the first time we've been out from under...
...Hayes to Woodrow Wilson. The wedding reception of his daughter Clare in 1910 was attended by four members of the British Cabinet, including Churchill, then Home Secretary. It was also attended by several bill collectors, who were seated by themselves in a downstairs parlor. Frewen had, however, paid cash for his daughter's wedding gown. The seamstress who delivered it that morning had refused to accept a check...