Word: froze
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cars carefully, hoping for a break that would put them in front to stay. On the 38th lap, it came: Gurney had to stop for gas. The gas tank of his Lotus held only 40 gal. v. 50 for the Scarab. In the pit, the Lotus's starter froze, and by the time Gurney got back on the track, Foyt was a full lap ahead. Desperately, he tried to close the gap, but the strain was too much: on the 42nd lap, the Lotus was out for good with a broken gearbox...
Fearing that the nation's current economic boom is turning into dangerous inflation, the Swiss government drafted a series of tough measures to prevent that. It froze at the present level the number of jobs that can be held by foreigners in Switzerland and ordered that foreign deposits in Swiss banks may no longer be invested in the Swiss economy (though banks will still accept foreign deposits in customary secrecy). The government also put a one-year moratorium on the construction of "unnecessary" buildings (luxury homes or apartments, theaters) and curtailed funds for "necessary" public housing. Not since...
...Karamanlis wanted to be top dog, and he growled at each new move that boosted Papandreou's popularity. The new Premier froze rents, lavishly promised all Greeks a free education, declared a moratorium on farmers' debts, offered wage boosts to just about everybody. He gave up the Premier's limousine ("We can build four village schools with the money"), opened his office once a week to petitioners who swamped him with gripes, job requests, even demands to speed up their divorces. Though antiCommunist, Papandreou also managed to please leftists. He promised to free most...
Harvard's defense, offense, Ivy League championship aspirations, and fans froze to death Saturday in the Yale Bowl. When The Game ended, Eli followers were no less numb, but they were able to celebrate wildly Yale's 20-6 triumph...
...Dover for the simple reason that it was there and waiting. Until 1953, Bernard John Smyth's horizon did not extend beyond Renovo, Pa. There, after selling his share of the family jewelry store, he bought the Renovo Daily Record. Then some friend told him about Dover. Smyth froze like a pointer. If Renovo could support a daily with 3,000 inhabitants, why couldn't Dover, with 7,000 residents and a thriving girdle factory...