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Word: pers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...commercial hub is Sherman Avenue, where Harry's Hong Kong Tailor Shop is tucked alongside the base exchange. Gitmo has a zoo, but it has only a handful of animals: a pony and a burro and a few goats, rabbits, ducks and chickens. Because water is expensive, $7 per 1,000 gal, residents sprinkle their lawns with dirty wash water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Good Life at Gitmo | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

From the harried canyons of Wall Street to the outwardly calm boardrooms of Zurich, the world's financial centers experienced a whiff of panic last week. In two days of frantic trading, the price of gold on the London exchange soared a breathtaking $50 per oz. to $447 at one point; then it plunged back down almost as steeply, closing the week at $385. Silver, platinum and copper also gyrated wildly. Said a New York bullion trader: "The market's gone bananas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shrinking Role for U.S. Money | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...last year's graduating class, 17.2 per cent said they plan eventually to attend business school, up from 10.6 per cent for the Class of '77, However, only 3.1 per cent have enrolled already...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Half of Class of '79 Plans Work After College | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

Future study in law attracted 13.9 per cent of the Class of '79, while 13.9 per cent said they intend to enter medicine. About one-quarter of those surveyed indicated they intended to continue their studies but had not yet chosen a field...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: One Half of Class of '79 Plans Work After College | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

Researchers at the Dental School believe they have discovered a new means of treating periodontal disease, the major cause of tooth loss in adults and an ailment that strikes 75 per cent of all people over...

Author: By James L. Tyson, | Title: Researchers Find Periostitis Deterrent, Stymie Primary Cause of Tooth Loss | 10/13/1979 | See Source »

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