Word: half
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...feel that neither of the above views is T. or F., submit your own statement. Whatever you believe, your response will indicate whether you are right, half-right, righteous, left or left...
...extraordinary durability and mobility. The chemical belongs to a family of organochlorine pesticides-the "deadly seven" as ecologists call them.-Like the other organochlorines, DDT does not dissolve in water. Thus it accumulates in rivers, lakes and seas for years after the original contamination. Moreover, its unusually long half-life of ten to 15 years means that it retains 50% of its effectiveness for more than a decade after it is first used...
...poetry, disgust and concupiscence in words with artful undermeanings that shocked none. Nowadays, a few greatly gifted writers can effectively employ the familiar quad-riliterals for dramatic or comic effect, but they tend to lose their value through overuse. As George Orwell observed 22 years ago, "If only our half-dozen 'bad' words could be got off the lavatory wall and onto the printed page, they would soon lose their magical quality." That process is well under way. The four-letter pudendicities are now dropped casually into cocktail conversation. But not everyone applauds the fading of the magic...
...managers of mutual funds have been performing poorly lately. During this year's first half, the composite in dex of shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange dropped an average 8%. The decline for mutual funds was close to 12%. Of the 369 funds ranked by Manhattan's Arthur Lipper Corp., only six managed to post any gains...
...biggest gainers of 1968 managed to climb at all in this year's first half. Their showing confirmed Wall Street's axiom that"go-go" funds can seldom put together two good years in a row because it is almost impossible consistently to pick stocks that will spectacularly outperform the mar ket. Last year's rich winners were those fund managers who correctly foresaw that the market would rally after President Johnson's renunciation. This year those managers failed to anticipate that the market would tumble after bankers raised the prime rate to 81/2...