Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...such a trip, many of the Israeli stereotypes of Arab laziness or incompetence are invalidated. It is true that the Arabs of the West Bank reap only half as many tons of wheat per dunam as the Jews in Israel, for instance, and that their yield in grapes or tomatoes is only one-third of the Israeli produce. But this is because much Arab labor is unskilled and there is a scarcity of capital investment in the predominantly agricultural economy of the West Bank. If one keeps that in mind one must conclude that the Arabs are doing well...
John Levin, playing at the number one singles position, also received praise from Barnaby. "John played at least 30 per cent better than he did at this time last year," Barnaby said...
...which they hoard and bury-a complete waste of capital. But proper marketing techniques can lure it out. Europe had hardly any mutual funds until an expatriate from Brooklyn, Bernie Cornfeld, started marketing them a dozen years ago. His Investors Overseas Services now raise more than $2,500,000 per day in new money, and by investing in American stocks, Cornfeld contributed $324 million in 1966 to the plus side of the U.S. balance of payments...
...electric utilities. New York City sold $45 million worth of housing bonds that offered investors up to 5.36% tax free, the juiciest return on a city issue since the early '30s. Most startling of all, the Federal Government paid its highest interest rate since the Civil War*-6.45% per year-to sell part of a $1 billion issue of securities...
...based company said that its desalting system would be the first to utilize the waste hot water that is dis charged by plants in such industries as chemical processing and petroleum refining. As a result, Alcoa said, it is capable of producing fresh water for as little as 25? per 1,000 gal. - at least 40% under the present operating cost of most existing systems...