Word: holding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...leadership of the Arabs is probably the world's most precarious perch. "The presidency is a painful position to hold in present circumstances," he says. "Even now my wife is against...
...gourmet column dwells on such matters as the proper preparation of eel. Its travel stories tell how to avoid the plague of Americans in Paris. Its news stories read more like scholarly essays or finicky editorials, reflecting the attitude of its writing staff of 110, three-quarters of whom hold a Ph.D., law, or master's degree in literature or political science. There is scarcely any advertising; yet the paper's success seems virtually assured. Perhaps most unusual of all, the paper is printed in Paris. It is the English-language edition of Paris' Le Monde...
Unequivocal Decision. As the flood of funds into Germany grew to $3 billion by some estimates, near panic swept European currency markets. Present arrangements call for each Western government to keep the official price of its money within 1% of its stated value. In an effort to hold the line, Denmark and Norway suspended all dealings in foreign money. France, Britain, Italy, Belgium and other countries were forced to dip into their reserves and sell dollars to maintain the official price of their own currencies. Despite all this, in stunning defiance of the world's financial experts, West Germany...
...economy. The defense budget accounts for only 9% of the nation's output of goods and services, compared with nearly 13% in Korea and 41% in World War II. Direct spending on the war amounts to 3% of the gross national product, and some 1,500,000 people hold war-related jobs...
...Faculty decided at a departmental meeting yesterday to hold the unprecedented mail ballot. Roger W. Brown, professor of Social Psychology and chairman of the department, said that the decision was made because of the division inside the department about whether or not to keep the radical course...