Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...yearly tourist bonanza for the area of some $72 million. And he may be the best-behaved soldier in history. One R & R officer stationed in Thailand, where the record shows only one serious incident for every 12,000 G.I.s who visit Bangkok, says: "The trouble rate is so low, no one wants to believe it." In Hong Kong, police authorities say that they have more trouble with the resident British garrison than from visiting U.S. servicemen. Busting up bars seems to be something that went out with From Here to Eternity and the professional army. The G.I. these days...
Gasbuggy really is. After drilling a well to the top of the chimney, they will tap off gas freed by the explosion and test it for radioactivity. If the radioactive contamination is low enough for the gas to be usable without extensive -and expensive-purification, and if the gas continues to flow into the well in volume, the U.S. may well be on its way to tapping the 300 trillion cubic feet of natural gas now tightly locked beneath the surface of the earth...
...American Council on Education concluded that Berkeley was the nation's "best balanced distinguished university," in a study which stressed quality as evaluated by faculty members and former students. In that study Harvard was ranked number one in the greatest number of fields, but its low showing in engineering eased it out of the top spot overall...
Teachers, students, and parents all agree that the city's vocational schools are hopelessly inadequate. Boston Trade School for Boys is the dumping ground for the city. Its machinery is run-down; its faculty is way too small. Since many students are just marking time in classes, incentives are low, and dropouts are high. Boston Trade Schol for Girls is straight out of a Charles Dickens novel. It occupies what was once a gracious mansion which has now become incredibly dilapidated. Cooperative work-study programs like the one in Dorchester High School offer courses only in upholstery, cabinet-making...
...reassurance was needed. The week of speculative fever following Britain's devaluation cost the U.S. $475 million in gold. That was the biggest single week's loss ever suffered by the nation's steadily dwindling gold reserves, which as a result sank to a 30-year low of $12.43 billion. And because $10.45 billion worth is used as backing for currency, the loss slashed by 20% (to some $2 billion) the "free reserves" available for redeeming foreign-held dollars (currently $14 billion) in gold...