Word: central
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...mediator. In Warsaw (see below) Chou obligingly gave out with Khrushchev's new hard line, but in private Chou was amiable and showed some of hrs earlier friendliness towards the Polish experiment. It was significant that the story about Khrushchev's slim margin in the Central Committee leaked from Warsaw while Chou was there...
...telltale signs could already be detected up and down the Rhine. That rugged defender of NATO, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, battling fiercely for a third term at 81, called for a ban on the H-bomb without even mentioning safeguards, and labeled the Soviet plan to pull troops out of Central Europe a helpful step to reduce international tensions. Out to prove his "flexibility" in the cause of German reunification, the Chancellor invited the Russians to hold trade talks with West Germany, but also was hoping to get an invitation to visit the U.S. In increasingly showing independence...
...example is the virus of the cold sore). Some may attack the nerves and do only slight initial damage. In later life these neglected infections may have serious aftereffects. For instance, said Salk, severe hypertension and gastric or duodenal ulcers can occur as a result of damage to the central nervous system. Although he made no claim to have such a vaccine now, Salk speculated that it might eventually be possible to give whole populations immunity in early life against viruses that attack the nervous system...
...Webster. A balky cast-iron shoe on the rear diesel rubbed on the third rail, started a fire that stopped the train in its tracks. After 25 minutes the fire was subdued, and so was President Alpert. Said he, as the Dan'l Webster moved into Grand Central Terminal. 55 minutes late: "If this train had proceeded another five or six miles, I would have been a hero. But it didn't and I'm not." Later, as the damaged engine and two cars made their way to the repair shop, the devil had another...
...question is whether drastic changes should be made in the methods used by FRB to control credit to match the drastic changes that have taken place over the years in the U.S. financial system. When the Federal Reserve was first set up in 1913, it was envisioned as a central bank to provide the nation's main money supply and credit control. Since then, though the Federal Reserve's member banks have amassed assets of $176 billion, so many other financial institutions have grown up that there is an enormous pool of lendable funds outside the Reserve...