Word: mid
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mid-October the draft contained, for all practical purposes, the most important ideas and language of the final letter. It reported that "increasing numbers" of students were dissatisfied with the Administration's policy, and that for every militant dissenter there were many who were "deeply troubled...
...mid-afternoon, one pink-sweatered Cliffie sated on a chair in the main reading room...
...year peak. When the Federal Reserve Board hiked its discount rate from 4% to 41% in late 1965 to fight inflation, commercial banks lifted their prime rate in tandem from 41% to 5%. As loan demand soared, the prime rate moved up three more times by mid-1966-a 33% increase in eight months. Since September, the squeeze has eased -imperceptibly at first but lately significantly. Yields on 90-day Treasury bills have slipped to 4.54%, compared with 5.49% as recently as November. Interest rates on corporate and municipal bonds have declined as much as a fifth from their summer...
...Western Europe and the U.S. for a free look at the Phoenicia. Soon their clients filled it close to capacity, and it is now a gem of the chain. "We are a catalyst for economic growth and trade," says Gates. Case in point: after the Karachi Intercontinental opened in mid-1964 with cold martinis and five-hour laundry service, tourist arrivals in Pakistan nearly doubled...
...younger international set when John F. Kennedy, son of longtime winter residents, spent a couple of Christmas vacations 'there as President. Now younger socialites seek the more informal social life of Barbados, Hobe Sound, Nassau or Acapulco. Palm Beach is primarily a playground for older Eastern and Mid-western families. Notable among them are Vanderbilts, Phippses, Dodges, Guests and Sanfords. The top social leaders are Mrs. Rose Kennedy and Mrs. Post, and Mar-A-Lago is one of the liveliest places in town...