Word: commonical
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...policies as the only sensible way to deal with the "mess" left over from 13 years of Tory rule. Though self-taught in economics (his education ended at the secondary level), Callaghan has a thorough grasp of world finance, and he explained the necessity of tough measures in a common-sense way that appealed to the Laborites. He is thus invaluable to Wilson as the most effective defender of the government's policies. By a narrow 122,000 votes out of 6,300,000 ballots, the party accepted Callaghan's explanations...
...other issues, Wilson won a 2-to-l endorsement of his plan to join the Common Market, though the chances of British entry were somewhat diminished by a Common Market Commission report that criticized the weakness of the pound. Wilson lost on Viet Nam, when the party, by a narrow margin, ordered him to disassociate Britain from U.S. actions there. But no matter; Wilson was almost certain to ignore the injunction in order to maintain his good relations with President Johnson...
...speculative mood, are turning over the shares in their portfolios far faster than they once did. And staid organizations outside the market are also coming in. Yale University two weeks ago announced that it was forming an investment company to plow more of its endowment money into lucrative common stocks. Such moves mean more paperwork for the exchange's 648 member organizations. But more active trading also means more commissions...
...Many have said dope is a common point of reference in your songs...
There are limits. Last Sunday morning the Mayor appeared on television to gloat over what hippies are calling "the Great Bust." A few hours later, unperturbed hippies were smoking grass on the Cambridge Common. "Smoking marijuana?" challenged the Mayor last week, taking a quick sip from his frappe. "Have you got proof? Our men say it was mostly tea leaves." Anyway, he added, "A raid there would have been a bust"--he means a failure--"because the hip-bo's left when they saw the police around. The hip-bo's are the ones we're after...