Word: exodus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cherish the sanctity of the spoken word as does Charles de Gaulle, especially when he has spoken it himself. Three weeks ago, when an exodus of francs began to threaten the stability of France's currency, De Gaulle loftily dismissed the possibility of the franc's devaluation as "the worst absurdity." Almost no one believed him. Speculation against the franc continued to mount until it neared crisis proportions, threatening to unbalance the entire, delicate mobile of the Western monetary system. The money managers and bankers of Europe and the U.S. assembled in Bonn in an emergency session...
...black and Spanish-speaking slums. Says Democratic Councilman Robert Low, a possible candidate for Mayor in 1969: "He has concentrated his attention on slum areas and raising standards for minority groups, without making the middle class feel he offers compensating programs for them." Partially as a result, the white exodus to the suburbs goes on, and the disaffection grows. In a secret poll early in October, 42% rated Lindsay's mayoral record as "poor...
MONDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11:30 p.m.). Exodus (1960). Part one of Otto Preminger's version of Leon Uris' novel about the Israeli war for independence. Stars are Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Lee J. Cobb and Peter Lawford. Part two: Tuesday...
...full professor at Hamburg. He got a chance to put his theories into practice in 1961, when Willy Brandt, then socialist mayor of Berlin, put Schiller to work at reversing the divided city's economic decline. By offering various tax incentives, Schiller successfully stanched a worrisome exodus of citizens from the city...
Married. Leon Uris, 44, lion of the bestseller lists (Exodus, Topaz)', and Marjorie Edwards, 25, jewelry designer from Philadelphia; he for the second time (he divorced his wife of 21 years in 1966); in Hollywood...