Word: consistence
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...good measure, Britain's hundredweight is 112 Ibs., not 100; the pennyweight has been unrelated to the weight of any penny for a century and a half, but equals one-twentieth of an ounce. Both ounces and quarts have entirely different values in different tables, and pounds can consist either of 12 oz. (troy) or 16 oz. (avoirdupois), not to mention the pound sterling, which is 20 shillings...
Still another prong would consist of measures to divert land from production of crops now in oversupply-a temporary five-year "soil bank," plus a special plan for transforming wheatlands on the arid western fringes of the wheat belt into grasslands for grazing cattle...
Condemned Unheard. The National Assembly considered itself deeply insulted when Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville made an appearance to defend De Gaulle's concept of a Europe consist ing of federated but sovereign states, and stipulated that the plan could only be debated, not voted upon. All ten Communist Deputies flatly refused to attend the session. More than half of the Deputies - Socialists, Radicals, Popular Republicans, Independents - walked out en masse. Left facing empty benches, except for Gaullist Deputies, Couve de Murville complained, "We were condemned before we could be heard." Later, 293 of the 550 members...
...freeze their products out of traditional markets. By developing their own customs unions-each with monopolies on materials that Europe needs and consumers that Europe wants-the outsiders figure that they can deal from strength against Europe, or the U.S. As yet, however, most of the "little common markets" consist largely of ambitious names...
...remarks on the Channel Tunnel, at Lowell House yesterday evening. One or two small points: Mathieu Favier was not Napoleon's staff sergeant but an eminent engineer. And today's tube and tunnel people are on speaking terms: beyond the Channel, members of the competing groups, both of which consist of highly reputable firms, frequently engage in successful ventures together...