Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Italy's Christian Democrats last week battled for the future of their strife-torn, dispirited party. After five hours of tense debate, party leaders finally emerged with a plan of action, a marked change after the vacillation and near paralysis that have gripped the governo diparcheggio, or "parking-meter government," slapped together two months ago under Premier Aldo Moro. They would make one last-and probably foredoomed-try to cooperate with the other parties on emergency economic measures. If that failed, they would have to accept the inevitability of an early election-probably this June, a year ahead...
...bolsters his chart readings with studies in physics (for the laws of motion), music (for rhythm) and crowd psychology. He has evolved his own gauges of the market, including the "speed-resistance line" (a measure of how far and fast prices have risen or fallen) and the "senti-meter" (a ratio of the prices of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones average to the cash dividends that owners of those stocks receive...
...With 500 meters to go, Radcliffe had open water on the others. The Tigers, half a length back on B.U., began to paw at the Terrier lead. In a gutsy 400-meter long sprint, Princeton clawed relentlessly through B.U., taking a second-place finish and a chunk off Radcliffe's victory margin...
Well, Higginson's fears materialized immediately Saturday as the Big Green jumped out to a half length lead at the outset. But slowly Ned Reynolds and company got their boat together, and by the 1000 meter mark the Crimson eight had pulled even with the host boat...
...race, the Crimson started the floating, staggered start at the high cadence of 43 strokes per minute. By the 1000 meter mark, John Higginson's eight had moved out to a six length lead over the Scarlet Knights...