Word: centralized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...black widow spider is something of a has-been. For potency of venom, a little-known spider called the brown recluse is now No. 1. Also called the fiddler be cause of a violin-shaped mark on its head, this species is spreading across the Central and Southern states...
...sculpture and paintings. One of the most impressive was Paro Dzong, located on the old caravan route from Tibet to India. There, the Swiss group witnessed the traditional New Year's dance beneath the giant prayer banner, or thangka, which portrays Padmasambhava (Lotus-born), the Indian missionary-and central figure in Bhutan's art-who converted Bhutan to Buddhism in the 8th century. In his hand he holds a thunderbolt, symbol of enlightenment to the pageantry-rich people...
Sooner v. Later. Brokers expect to get some relief when a central certificate system is set up, possibly next year. That will enable transactions to be recorded at a single data-processing center and eliminate the need for physically transferring securities each day. Another possibility, though still a long way off, is a standardized stock certificate that could carry magnetized data and be read by machine the way bank checks...
Even in theory the set is out of place. A jungle gym may remind one of the jungle, but it is misguided to try to cage the scenes of a highly dialectic play into once central playing area...
Though under great challenge from the left radicals who want to abolish the organization, most NSA officers think that the organization is basically stronger now that it has broken with the Central Intelligence Agency...