Word: goldings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. Dorothy Dandridge, 41, Negro singing star, who in the 1950s ruled the supper clubs with her stunning beauty, gold lame-clad figure and torch songs (Love Isn't Born, It's Made), later turned to films, giving starring performances in Carmen Jones and Porgy and Bess, but then saw the torch dim, was forced into bankruptcy in 1963; of a stroke; in Hollywood...
Convertibility: the quality of a currency that enables it to be freely exchanged for gold or other currencies in all types of international transactions...
...amount of gold for which a nation is willing to exchange its unit of currency. This figure is registered with the International Monetary Fund, and may not be changed by more than 10% without the approval...
...Gold Cover: the percentage of a nation's total money supply that its law requires it to back with gold...
Reserves: a country's holdings of gold, dollars, sterling and other convertible currencies kept for payment in international transactions...