Word: kilo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...International Aid Relief Program: "We disregard ideological considerations when it comes to assistance. We will gladly take it from any country. Rice and medicines are the main priorities, but the emphasis is on rice." Since the Khmer Rouge abolished currency, rice has become the only medium of exchange. One kilo fetches a kilo of fish; two kilos are worth a chicken...
...biologist, I was quick to recognize that although effortlessness is unusual in "self-help" techniques, it is very common in nature. In fact, our physical growth from fertilized egg to 60- or 70-kilo, highly differentiated, adult requires little if any conscious effort on our part. This whole immensely complicated process is automatic. Thus, a simple, effortless technique said to be merely a way to optimize nature's own fundamental laws of progress did not seem to contradict anything in the biological world, so I decided to give...
...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 month, bidding for gold has brought the price to a near record...
...stand an undercover agent who admitted he now was not certain it was actually Nicky talking. Nor did any of the other tapes link Barnes to narcotics. Though the Government contended that on one reel a man said he had to "pick up a kilo out of Nicky's car," the sound was blurred. A defense audio expert testified that the word was payroll and not kilo. Moreover, kilo is not street slang. Savvy dealers talk about "the package" or "the thing...
...then reported that Djibouti was "asking too many questions we cannot answer," so Frankfurt ordered: "Keep holding over the area." Four hours passed before Frankfurt sent the vital message to Uniform Bravo: "Fly to Mogadishu. Make landing after dark and avoid using inside lights. Your new identification is Juliet Kilo 66." Presumably, this code-name change was a way of telling the commandos to prepare to attack...