Word: goldings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Much of what ailed Gaullist France was economic. Under De Gaulle, the gross national product has more than doubled, from $49 billion in 1958 to about $108 billion in 1967?at the cost of much stress. De Gaulle hoarded gold, attacked the dollar, and did his best to keep the franc invulnerable. The nation's growth rate, which had climbed above 7% in the early 1960s, last year sank to about 3.5%. Consumer prices have shot up 39% since 1958 v. only 18% for the U.S. For a while, the workers shared in the fruits of Gaullism, and many bought...
...demanded that the Prime Minister resign. In a signed frontpage blast in the Daily Mirror, King wrote: "Wilson and his government have lost all credibility, all authority. We are now threatened with the greatest financial crisis in our history. It is not to be removed by lies about our gold-dollar reserves, but only by a fresh start under a fresh leader." King's attack carried the authority of an insider, and he followed it up by resigning as a director of the Bank of England, which manages the country's day-to-day accounts. Britain...
...PSYCHIATRISTS SAY GOLD WATER IS PSYCHOLOGICALLY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT! That determinedly flamboyant headline dressed the cover of Fact magazine one month before the presidential election of 1964. The entire issue was an examination of the "unconscious of a conservative," based largely on answers to a questionnaire sent to the 12,356 psychiatrists listed by the American Medical Association. Of the 2,417 who replied, 657 said Barry Goldwater was fit for the presidency, 571 declined to take a position, and 1,189 called him unfit-the latter in no uncertain terms. Some of their opinions: "emotionally unstable," "immature," "cowardly...
Died. Harold L. Gray, 74, creator of little Orphan Annie, the oldest babe (44) in the comic-strip woods; of cancer; in San Diego, Calif. Moonfaced and round-eyed, gold of hair and heart sweet little Annie lived in a nether world of town bullies and murderous Russian spies, karate chops and megaton bombs. And for those readers who followed Annie's antics in some 400 papers and sometimes wondered how a nice girl could get into all that trouble. Harold Gray had a ready answer: "Sweetness and light-who the hell wants it? Murder, rape and arson. That...
Fifth-floor Cellar. There is little that is new about the use of air rights for construction; the idea got its first boost in the early 1900s, when railroads realized that there was gold in the sky above their facilities. In Manhattan, the New York Central began leasing air rights over its tracks running north from Grand Central Station. Today, many of Park Avenue's most spectacular glass-and-steel office buildings occupy railroad airspace; also over the tracks is the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which, without a basement, keeps its wine cellar on the fifth floor. The 59-story...