Word: perring
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Iran's economy is growing at the rate of 12% a year, and the per-capita income of its 26 million people has nearly doubled-from $130 to $250-in the past ten years. The country, which once depended on U.S. aid ($1.7 billion since World War II) for its very survival, now stands proudly on its own feet, a good example of what an underdeveloped land can do with determination and some good sense. Gone are the swarms of U.S. advisers, administrators and technical experts who once inhabited every government ministry and hovered over every government project. Their...
...average Spaniard scorns the local elixir in favor of spectacularly overpriced bottles of Scotch. Now Spain's Agriculture Minister, Adolfo Díaz-Ambrona, 59, has appealed to his countrymen to ease "the problem of domestic underconsumption." Noting that the Spaniards consume only half as much wine per capita as the Frenchmen, the government is starting a huge advertising campaign for wine-and doubling the import duties on Scotch...
...hopes soon to adapt the uranium flechettes for firing from a multi-barreled, rotary Gatling gun that can spew out hundreds of rounds per second. When this weapon system has been perfected, there seems little that will be able to stand in the way of its deadly rain of uranium bullets...
...most immovable member of last year's unbeaten Irish squad that held ten opponents to an average of 3.8 points per game, Hardy contributed 79 tackles, also handled the punting, was voted to three All-America teams. This year Parseghian has shifted him to end, where his talents can be put to better use harassing enemy passers and running down fleet halfbacks. "At tackle," explains Hardy, "all I had to do was plug a hole. If I made a mistake, only God saw me. Now if I make a mistake, the whole stadium sees...
...purchaser the right to buy stock (almost always in 100-share lots) at a specified price (generally the market price on the purchase date) at any time during a specified period ranging from 30 days to a year. Last week, when National Video common was selling for $31.50 per share, an investor could have bought a call at $450 expiring next April 4. Provided that the stock rises as much as $5 a share by that date, the investor will be able to exercise his call at a profit. If Video climbs $10 a share, he stands to net about...