Word: closing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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With our network of tuned-in correspondents across the country and a staff of politics watchers in New York, we aim to get a continuing close reading on the political temper of the country. This year, in addition, we are commissioning Roper Research Associates to do some polling for us. All in all, we're looking forward to a fascinating and significant political year...
...Marvin Watson was waiting for in Washington. The picture would improve, Boutin kept saying, as soon as the results came in from Berlin. McCarthy carried Berlin. By 10:40 p.m., one of the two bars that had been set up hours earlier in the Sheraton-Carpenter motel had to close, since the L.B.J. "victory" crowd had only 26 patrons...
...Tier Price. Finally, the pressure grew so great that the U.S. refused to continue to feed gold to satisfy speculators' greed. In a telephoned message to British Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins, the U.S. asked Britain to close the London gold market and shut off the flow from the Gold Pool. Prime Minister Harold Wilson hurried to Buckingham Palace for a midnight meeting with Queen Elizabeth, who declared a bank holiday in foreign-exchange trading. That shut off the Gold Pool's dealing, and money markets from Singapore to Lusaka followed suit. The Paris market alone stayed...
...quarter million people, produces farm machinery and tractors, automobile parts and, of course, the beer that has made it famous. South of Milwaukee, in a 50-mile megopolis reaching into Illinois, are the heavy manufacturing centers of Racine and Kenosha--Wisconsin's third and fourth largest cities with close to 100,000 people each...
Talented Donald Dell led the Elis. Already considered the best college player in the East, Dell had made an excellent showing on the tournament circuit the previous summer. In one tournament he had beaten world-ranked Ashley Cooper in straight sets in the semi-finals and had lost a close, five-set match to Ham Richards in the finals. Further evidence of Yale's power showed in the fact that Gene Scott, who later joined Dell on the Davis Cup team, was then only fourth singles...