Word: markings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...MARK TWAIN TONIGHT (CBS, 7:30-9 p.m.). Hal Holbrook's enchanting portrayal of the great author and humorist. Repeat...
...hour meeting in Washington with the Republican leaders of Congress, the President-elect made it clear that he had no intention of hurriedly sending an ambitious legislative program up to Capitol Hill. "We've got to mark time for a while," said one participant...
...ultimate token of approval," he said with rueful satisfaction, "is that the Democrats and Republicans have stolen my thunder." Son of a Presbyterian minister, valedictorian of Princeton's class of 1905, six times Socialist candidate for President of the U.S., Norman Mattoon Thomas made an his toric mark. He died in his sleep last week in a Long Island nursing home...
...today's exchange rate of four marks to the U.S. dollar, top German officials consider that the dollar is more overvalued than the mark is undervalued. Still, the mechanics of the monetary system weigh strongly against any devaluation of the dollar. The price of the dollar is measured only against that of gold: $35 per ounce. Other currencies are valued in terms of dollars...
...agricultural subsidies, which are rigged to keep farm prices uniform in all six member countries. Because the subsidies are computed in dollars, a shift in exchange rates would automatically raise or lower the income of farmers in EEC countries. If the Germans increased the value of the mark by 5%, for example, German farmers would lose at least $250 million a year because the prices of their products would have to be cut by 5%. The subsidy deals are scheduled for renegotiation by 1970. That timetable could be changed but, whatever the schedule, it would be politically risky...