Word: nov
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...study on football as a homosexual ceremony [Nov. 13], Mr. Dundes argues that the jargon of football-e.g., score, down, popping-is erotic. He apparently assumes that such words were borrowed from sexual lingo. Actually, these terms were used by football players and fans long before they became part of our sexual-banter...
...fight of Burlington, Vt., against the threat of the suburban mall [Nov. 13] compares with a buggy manufacturer obstructing the sale of autos in 1910. It is understandable, but hopeless. Most downtown areas, whether they are renovated or not, are now obsolete as shopping areas. They just don't give customers the convenience, hours and consideration they demand...
...Furor over Japanese Trade" [Nov. 13]: Japan will regret it if we have a Boston-type Tea Party, and consumers boycott items made in Japan. We, too, can acquire the mentality that if it isn't made in the U.S., we can make it here. The conditioned reflex can work both ways...
...revealed. He apparently $9,600 salary. His wife Mary Ann had to quit her teaching job when she became pregnant. They later tried to operate a waterfront potato stand, but his city hall duties consumed too much of his time. He decided to resign the post on Nov. 10, then changed his mind and waged a vain fight to get the post back. Moscone had refused to reappoint...
...signal its intentions, the board controls the interest rate for Fed funds, which are reserves that banks lend each other. That rate has risen to a high 10%. In addition, the nation's basic money supply, or M.I, dropped $1.9 billion to $359.5 billion during the week ending Nov...