Word: metallize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...gold fetched $640 in New York City, while in Hong Kong it was worth $705, and in London and Zurich $670. The price differentials for silver, which had risen even more spectacularly in recent weeks, to a peak of $50 per oz., were equally extreme. In London the metal closed at $37.50, and in New York at $35.50. In some cities, merchants did a curious trade in selling everything from gasoline to bacon for a mere 5? or 10? per gal. or lb.-just so long as customers paid in pre-1965 coins, which were still worth many times face...
...difference could have been as much as $50 or even $70 in a single hour. Some dealers even refused to buy any gold or silver. Their inventories were already bloated, and the mercurially changing prices for bullion made it extremely risky to take in any more of the metal...
...dancing, like jazz, is part of deep-rooted black culture. Slaves hoofed on bare dirt to silent rhythms; eventually stuck metal plates to the toe and heel of flat shoes. Tap's heyday came during the Harlem Renaissance of the 20s and 30s. Later, popularity spread when tap giants John Bubbles and Bill Robinson starred in Hollywood movies...
...most dazzling run-ups in history, and it underscored the enduring psychological lure of the yellow metal as the most consistently sought-after possession in times of strife and uncertainty. Concludes Sociologist Neil Smelser, author of Theory of Collective Behavior: "The gold rush is a classic case of panic. The people who are dealing in gold are operating under the fantasy that the world economic structure is going to collapse. They are living by the myth hat the only thing that will survive is gold." Harvard Social Psychologist Roger Brown compares the panic to he rush on the gates...
Last week other precious metals continued to share that positive attraction. Silver, which has been climbing along with gold, rose during the week from $39 per oz. to $47. Platinum, the costliest precious metal of all, and one with many high-technology uses as well, climbed to yet another record...