Word: dollar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Administration and about the health of the economy. That uncertainty was mirrored on the New York Stock Exchange, where the Dow Jones industrial average dipped to a two-year low the very day of the President's press conference. The foreign exchange value of the U.S. dollar also fell to a near-record...
...profit that exceeds the rise in the consumer price index occurring between purchase and sale. Investors have long argued that it is unfair to tax them on long-term capital gains made illusory by inflation: if, for example, an asset held for ten years is sold at a dollar profit of 50%, but prices have risen 50% in that time, the seller has only held even in purchasing power...
...lowest since January, and unemployment figures for September, released last week, showed a slight decline. The nation's trade deficit will probably be reduced this year to around $3 billion, from $4 billion in 1976, and the franc has stabilized at about 4.86 to the dollar. On the other hand, output of goods and services is likely to grow only 3%, v. an original forecast from Barre...
...penny a word was ridiculous. Anyone who really wanted to make a million bucks wouldn't waste his time writing science fiction, Hubbard contended, he'd start a religion. Hubbard then acted on his own advice, founding the Church of Scientology, which has grown to a multi-million dollar venture so successful that its tax-exempt status is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service...
Ever had an urge to cut television's Six Million Dollar Man down to size? Easy-if you can afford $395 for an unusual new product turning up in some U.S. department stores. It is a pocket television set, barely larger than a paperback book, with a 2-in. screen. The set, called the Sinclair Microvision, weighs less than 2 Ibs., functions on all frequencies in most countries and operates up to eight hours on a rechargeable battery pack...