Word: cools
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kennedy], the Board of Directors and I hope to cool the furor and somehow bring Hoover and the university closer together," Kimball said...
Working in the cool mountain air, Keynes and White agreed to create a system of fixed exchange rates. The established currency values could be adjusted, but in practice that rarely happened. The value of the dollar was set in terms of gold at $35 per oz. Moreover, the U.S. promised to redeem all dollars held by foreign governments with gold at the $35-per-oz. price. The value of all other currencies was set in terms of the dollar, and countries were obliged to maintain the value of their currencies. If the French franc suddenly dropped below its assigned price...
...style of monuments in Washington (the Lincoln, the Washington, the Jefferson) runs to idealizations in cool, white stone...
DIED. Norm Van Brocklin, 57, combative quarterback who during his twelve-year (1949-60) pro career led the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles to National Football League championships; of a heart attack; in Monroe, Ga. A cool playmaker despite his hot temper, the "Dutchman" in a 1957 game completed 27 passes for 554 yds., a record that still stands. After his final playing season, he became the coach of the newly formed Minnesota Vikings, and later of the Atlanta Falcons, compiling respectable if losing records...
...despite the cool Crimson bats in those two games, it was the opener with Army that gave Harvard its biggest scare, as the game entered the sixth inning with the score dead-locked...