Word: money
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whatever the size of NASA's future budget, the agency hardly faces bankruptcy. Projects now scheduled, but not yet completely funded, will consume more money in the next decade than the $24 billion that Apollo has already cost. On NASA's list of ventures...
...claim that Soviet scientists may soon unveil a rocket big enough to fly directly from earth to the moon, land and take off again. Such brute-force spacemanship might convince the U.S. that, as Von Braun maintains, "Russia still wants to beat us in space." If that happens, the money spigot would probably open wide again, and a new race would begin...
Against Usury. In part, this innocence of money matters is due to Islam's ancient strictures against usury. Although these prohibitions have not interfered with the prosperity of Lebanese bankers or Arab oil sheiks, many Moslems still feel duty-bound to refuse interest payments; they reject the idea of borrowing money and refrain from other business practices that might violate the precepts of the Koran. At the heart of such caution is a conviction that one of a Moslem's basic duties in life is not to compete with his fellow man but to prepare for his entry...
...were numbers alone," says Klein, "Saturday Evening Post would still be in business." Thus, he points out that NBC was ahead in the ratings with college graduates (19.1 to CBS's 18.3) and among families earning $15,000 or more (20.9 to 19.1). The results, in money, bear him out; NBC topped CBS in prime-time commercial billings, $212 million to $210 million; ABC booked $166 million. In around-the-clock billings, however, CBS clung to first place, with $387 million to NBC's $366 million and ABC's $278 million...
Slowly and subtly, that process appears to have begun-in response to the Government's policy of tight money, high taxes and a budgetary surplus. The real growth of the gross national product, not counting mere price increases, dropped from an annual rate of 6.4% in last year's first quarter to 2.8% in this year's first quarter. Even so, a FORTUNE survey shows that businessmen are still in an expansionist mood; 77% of those polled expect further increase in sales over the next twelve months. If the leading indicators prove correct, some abrupt changes...