Word: fer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Volcker's approach, however, finance men and bankers now saw not just another quick fix but a direct assault on inflation itself. Said West German Finance Minister Hans Matthöfer: "The package goes straight to the heart of the problem." Brussels Banker Roland Leuschel expressed a conviction shared by almost all European moneymen: "Throttling back on the money supply itself will be much more effective than raising interest rates in the fight against inflation. Paul Volcker is attacking inflation at its source...
...also occur in the best of families. Tabloid readers lapped up a recent court case involving the Duchess of Bedford's daughter-in-law, a sultry Iranian high roller named Kitty Milinaire, who in an epic three-year binge frittered away a $6 million fortune at chemin de fer, blackjack and practically anything else at which she could try her diamond-decorated hand. Charged with stealing jewels taken out on approval from Cartier, Kitty, 39, was acquitted by a jury after her defense lawyer scored a decisive point: given her notoriety as a compulsive gambler, who could believe that...
...bargains have been brought about by President Carter's plan for the eventual deregulation of the airlines. As a first step, the CAB, in the past wary of cut-rate fares, has been approving almost all applications. The nation's twelve major and ten regional airlines of fer at least 26 separate bargain fares, under such catchy names as Chickenfeed and Peanuts...
...Beirut, meanwhile, the seaside hotel district was raked by mortar and rocket fire for the third time in three months. The nearby U.S. embassy is sued steel helmets to staffers and fer ried them to and from work in armored limousines. Fighting also swept through the city's financial district, and got so close to Beirut Airport that the facility closed down for the first time in the civil war. By week's end the recent fighting brought the war's toll to over 9,000 dead...
...story line for such mystery novels as The Doorbell Rang and Too Many Cooks while puttering about his daily cooking or gardening chores, then sit down and type out a complete mystery in 38 days of writing. Stout's agoraphobic master sleuth, who made his first appearance in Fer-de-Lance (1934), was an intuitive armchair detective in the manner of Sherlock Holmes. Wolfean devotees have contended that their hero's infinite array of adroit solutions stemmed from his creator's multifaceted life. A youthful mathematical prodigy, Stout was a prolific freelancer, an ardent champion of political...