Word: coeurs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...English actor, director (The L-Shaped Room) and novelist, homes in onTheo Gittings, who bears a passing resemblance to Blunt. Theo, a brilliant, alienated invert who becomes a pillar of the literary establishment, is compared by critics to E.M. Forster (a fellow homosexual who issued the closet cri de coeur: "If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country"). Theo's career as Communist agent is unraveled after his death by bestselling Writer Anthony Stern, a straight second cousin who had been his social...
...nation does not seem ready to return to the gold standard, the soaring prices of precious metals are encouraging one company to have a go at using silver in lieu of money. Sunshine Mining Co., owner of the country's largest silver mine, the Sunshine in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of Idaho, plans to raise $50 million to expand mining operations by issuing silver-backed bonds. In the 19th century bonds were redeemable in gold, but American companies have not offered securities supported by precious metals since...
...imported nearly 75% of the 160 million oz. that it used last year, but the price rise has led to a surge of new investment in domestic mines, notably in Western states. Production in the Coeur d'Alene district in the rugged northern panhandle of Idaho, which is the richest silver region on earth, has held steady at about 18.5 million oz. annually over the past five years, but is expected to rise to 20 million oz. during 1980. Still, shortages will persist, and that suggests rising prices...