Word: london
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Mortgage on Fort Knox. Europe's new prosperity has shifted the whole balance of the U.S.'s terms of international exchange. Last year U.S. exports dipped by $3 billion, while Europe's shipments to the U.S. have gone on growing. Last week London newspapers reported that for the first time in the 20th century Britain is now selling more to the U.S. than it is buying. Taking all items into account (exports, military costs, economic aid), the famed dollar gap has been closed; since 1950 Europe has increased its pile of gold by $8 billion...
...near midnight in Mayfair, heart of London's gilded West End. Rain clouds had driven Sunday window-shoppers home early, not a bobby was in sight, and the drifting squadrons of prostitutes who once crowded Mayfair's shadowy lanes had long since been sent to cover with the enactment of Britain's tough new laws against streetwalking. When a solitary car pulled to a halt in front of the Piccadilly shop of the Goldsmiths' & Silversmiths' Association, the stage was set for the greatest jewel robbery in Britain's history...
...raids discovered. Unhappily, Scotland Yardmen, after a week of fruitless investigation, admitted they could only hope for a "snout" -someone who might be tempted into talking by an insurance company reward of $28,000. They admitted, too, to a touch of regret over the new, vice-free state of London's streets. "Those girls always helped us," confided one Yardman. "They were our eyes and ears when we weren't around. This haul couldn't have been made in the bad old days...
...hospital with stomach pains and underwent an operation. In the next day's race against Oriel College on Thursday, R.K. Chase replaced Hodder and the Crimson won easily in 7.20. Racing in their first event the same day, Love's heavies coasted in ahead of a disappointed London Rowing Club eight...
...final day's racing on Saturday, the 'fifties first enjoyed a relatively easy victory over the Union Boat Club in the morning and then whipped an exhausted University of London eight to recapture the Thames Challenge Cup in the afternoon finals. In the Grand finals Perry Boyden stroked the heavies to a convincing win over the Thames Rowing Club...