Word: convertible
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chairman Martin in an unprecedented press conference, the hike was "an insurance measure" designed to prove "that we are ready to defend and preserve the dollar." The U.S. money managers feared that European speculators, many of whom received dollars for the pounds they were unloading, might be tempted to convert those dollars into other currencies unless the U.S. demonstrated that it intended to keep the dollar stable. The U.S. did just this by raising the discount rate, thus averted possible speculative pressure on the dollar. In so acting, Martin and his governors placed the nation's international monetary policy...
...Finest Hours is necessarily made up mostly of newsreel and government footage shot in black and white Science is as yet unable to convert this kind of film into natural color; so LeVien and Baylis color-dyed the segments. The result is black and whatever light color is appropriate to the mood, such as orange or green, rather than black and white...
...GUARDS: Steve DeLong, 21, Tennessee, 6 ft. 3 in., 243 Ibs., and Archie Sutton, 22, Illinois, 6 ft. 4 in., 262 Ibs. "Usually we don't draft college guards because they're too small," explains one scout. "We take tackles and convert them to guards." There are exceptions this year. The nation's No. 1 college lineman, DeLong has the speed ("He's as agile as a 185-pounder") to pull out and lead interference for running plays. Sutton is given top marks for pass blocking, and "he can execute downfield blocks with the best...
...Rebels' most rugged two-way players, appears to have the makings. Reads one report: "Strong as a bull-he throws blockers aside like bottle caps." A tackle at Georgia, Rissmiller has such "a quick rush with good lateral pursuit" that the pros think he can easily convert...
...bosses for control of the Peronista organization. He believes in "Peronismo without Perón," and if Perón fails to return after setting such a specific deadline, his disappointed followers may finally write off their old hero. In that case, El Lobo would be in position to convert himself from Perón lieutenant to genuine leader of the largest political faction in Argentina...