Word: centered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last August, to curb blatant cigaret trading, Lieut. General Lucius D. Clay, then Deputy Military Governor, opened a legal barter center in Berlin's swank Dahlem district. Through one door, Americans swarmed with their cartons. Through another, Berliners brought their bric-a-brac, silver, china, cameras, radios, furs; the cigarets the Germans got in exchange bought food and clothing on Berlin's black market...
Fortnight ago Clay, heeding an investigating committee's advice that he was "encouraging the development of a secondary currency which threatens to become a primary currency," ordered an end to cigaret trading at the barter center by mid-January. Last week G.I.s and Berliners scurried to make their last legal trades before the deadline. But Clay had left one loophole; he had considered it impractical to ban importation of cigarets by mail. While that source remained open, cigarets would continue to be Germany's currency...
...knew that their battle with the other ports would be hard, that the job of moving into the mainstream of modern life would not be easy. But they had big plans. A fine new hotel set on a sand beach was already helping to establish Cartagena as a tourist center. The Great Colombian Fleet, established jointly by Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador, had just gone into operation with eight newly purchased ships; soon the vessels would bring cargoes and tourists...
Mecca, with Lift. Skidom's newest center is on the Rockies' western slope. Early in the war, the Army, looking for a place to train its loth Mountain (ski) Division, picked Colorado for its crisp air, and powdery snow, and the Alpine grandeur of its slopes. As a result, a ski mecca with the world's longest ski lift (14,100 feet) will open this month at Aspen, formerly a quiet Colorado mining town. In Steamboat Springs, schools have begun ski-instruction courses, and three Big Seven Conference colleges (Colorado, Utah and Wyoming) have adopted skiing...
Yardling hockey suffered from a short circuit last Friday night on the Brookline Country Club outdoor rink, when center ice suddenly blacked out neccessitating cancellation of the New Prep game...