Word: fastnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sophomore repeatedly outran his defender and six times got open under the Brown basket for fast break layups to break the game wide open...
...machined and polished liberal arts curriculum first developed for the production of ministers, doctors, financial and government people," says President Everett, "is just not applicable in a world that changes so damned fast." Under Everett, former chancellor of the City University of New York, the New School hews to no philosophy except, as he puts it, that "human problems are only going to be solved by the application of highly literate, active intellects...
...Rockefeller brothers, whose father built Rockefeller Center, will own only half of the Golden Gate version. The other half is split equally among three fast-rising developers whose offices, apartments, hotels, shopping centers and warehouses span the nation. Atlanta Architect John Portman, 42, designer and managing partner of the San Francisco project, and Trammell Crow, 52, a wealthy Dallas realty investor, have already transformed the downtown skyline of Atlanta with their $50 million Peachtree Center of offices, a hotel and a trade mart. Dallas-based Cloyce K. Box, 43, onetime (1949-54) speedy end for the Detroit Lions professional football...
Throughout its remarkable postwar prosperity, Western Europe has reacted fast to fight inflation. Lately, it may have overreacted: with country after country splashing cold water on overheated economies, icicles have started forming. After clipping along at a 5.6% pace in 1964, the Continent's overall economic growth rate dropped to 4% in each of the past two years, is likely to slow down in 1967 to 3.5%-the smallest increase in more than 15 years. And in many countries, incipient recession is a worse threat than inflation...
...FRANCE. The gross national product grew by a robust 5.5% last year, and is expected to do as well in 1967. But a few clouds are gathering. Though exports rose fast (10%) last year, imports increased even faster (15%). And with markets weakened in other European countries, France stands to see its balance-of-payments surplus turn into a deficit before 1967 is out. Continued prosperity depends on France's ability to hold the line on prices...