Word: existing
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...problem of the U.S. dollar, indeed, would not exist today if it were not for the problem of gold, and the problem of gold can be controlled by the United States Government. The belief of country folk and Frenchmen in gold is not likely to change overnight, but the serious world is learning that the dollar is more important than gold, and that in the present relation between the two it is gold which is the dependent variable. To put it another way, the question before the world money market today is whether the total economic strength of the United...
...Everybody Else: The English are a nation of flunkies, the Germans a nation of pigs. Italy does not exist...
...disappearance of species did not. Thus the antlered giraffe disappeared from Africa more than 40,000 years ago, and the rhino-sized Diprotodon and giant kangaroo became extinct in Australia about 14,000 years ago. In Europe and Asia, the woolly rhinoceros and the woolly mammoth ceased to exist between 11,000 and 13,000 years ago, before the species disappeared in North America. Yet on Madagascar, the extinction of giant lemurs and pigmy hippopotamuses did not occur until within the past 1,000 years...
...modern society can be built on a backwards economy," including a socialist society, he said. But rapid modernization demands the exploitation of labor, he continued, and socialism cannot exist where labor is exploited...
McCarthy has a longshot chance to deny Johnson the renomination of the Democratic Party. In addition, a good showing by McCarthy may convince Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-N.Y.) and other Democrats in private disagreement with the President that an alternative to Johnson does exist. It may cause President Johnson to moderate his Vietnam policies. It may convince the Republicans that by nominating a dove they will attract a large and well-organized number of Democrats. Finally, the campaign promises to have a good effect on the country by bringing back into the political system those persons whose frustrations...