Word: peg
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After vainly trying to stem a run on the sagging Canadian dollar, the government decided to peg the Canadian dollar's exchange rate at a low 92½? to the U.S. dollar. (In Canada, the U.S. dollar will be worth...
...exchange rate bob free ever since 1950. But the IMF, and its able Swedish director, Per Jacobsson, have been increasingly irritated at the way Canada has been manipulating its dollar to try to jog the slumping Canadian economy. The IMF turned up the heat on Ottawa to peg its dollar at a fixed rate...
...Outrageous!" trumpeted Erhard. At his insistence, West Germany's Cabinet discussed the possibility of punishing the automakers by cutting the tariffs on imported cars. But Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, never averse to taking would-be Heir Apparent Erhard down a peg, remained silent, and at week's end, despite continuing blasts from Erhard and the threat of three parliamentary investigations, the automakers still stood fast...
...while it appeared the Crimson was headed for disaster. Starter Paul Del Rossi walked the first man to face him in four straight pitches. In an attempt to rectify the mistake, he wheeled towards first suddenly with a beautiful pick off peg. He caught the runner--and first sacker Phil Bernstein--off guard. Bernstein missed the throw and Navy had a man on third...
Shaken slightly, Del Rossi promptly issued another free pass. Bob St. George made a nice catch of Chuck Galloway's fly to right, and quickly rifled the ball home, surprising the runner and third baseman Mike Drummey. Drummey let catcher Dick Diehl's peg glide into the outfield, and Navy...