Word: paredes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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On exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution is a solid-state computer of 1957 vintage, the first practical large-scale model ever built. This cybernetic antique served as the guidance system for U.S. ICBMs until 1961 and ticked off more than 300 countdowns. The unit was built by the Burroughs Corp...
The funds do close to 7% of all the trading on the New York Stock Exchange, are the most active institutional investors, and their power is growing. In times of tough markets, small investors habitually dump their own shares and shift into funds, figuring that the professional money managers know...
Pared Margins. Ronald Reagan will still be faced with Democratic majorities in Sacramento, but their margins were pared to a bare-and possibly friendlier-predominance in both houses. Even powerful Jesse Unruh, Democratic speaker of the lower house and longtime rival of defeated Pat Brown, appeared close to defeat for...
The crackdown came at a time when the main contenders were digging in for a possible new showdown between the Saudi-supported royalists and the Nasser-linked regime. Though Nasser has pared his forces from 70,000 men to 40,000, he noisily threatens to attack the Saudi Arabian border...
Consumers so far have not pared their personal spending. Retail chains set sales records in September, though the rises were much lower than earlier this year. Some businessmen in Boston, Denver and Los Angeles have noticed a reluctance to buy luxury goods; but Government economists predict that total consumer purchasing...