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Word: golds (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Weiner is nonetheless confident: "If a strong effort is made, we can win." The idea's biggest selling point may be that gambling would be limited to a strip of about 20 miles along Florida's Gold Coast -where the hotelmen and others in a once lucrative tourist market see legalized gambling as their last resort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: High Stakes in Miami Beach | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

Although the franc rallied last week, it continued its headlong flight abroad. Mitterrand claimed that 500 billion francs ($100 billion) have been illegally exported to Switzerland. Though the claim was exaggerated, more and more apprehensive citizens were getting their money out of the country or hoarding gold-the Frenchman's historical hedge against political uncertainty. Most popular were the one-kilo ingots (currently worth $5,738), which fit nicely under mattresses, and the small $62 Napoleon d'Or and minuscule $46 demi-Napoleon coins, which can be conveniently secreted-and transported -in the traditional sock. In the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: A Schizophrenic Campaign | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...there's a new champ with a 7-0-1 record and a very vulnerable future. The former marine, the kid who grew up as a TV boxer, the Olympic gold-medalist, and the kid they all said should never have had the shot--he's the champ...

Author: By Mark D. Director, | Title: In Las Vegas They Built the Spinks | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

Songs of the Gold Rush--Music Emporium...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Weekly What Listings Calendar: February 16-February 22 | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...closed. Soon, however, the bank delivered, in a special car, an envelope containing $200,000?shopping money for Saturday. Another Saudi princess recently walked into Giorgio, picked up $30,000 worth of dresses in a couple of hours, then with a flourish gave the owner's wife a gold and diamond pavé bracelet for waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Street off Big Spenders | 2/13/1978 | See Source »

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