Word: poole
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...towers. Then last spring, as soon as the snows melted, he set to work, in partnership with the American Cement Co., to create a new town called West Village. By last week it had grown to five lodges, 118 condominium apartments, six restaurants, 20 shops, a convention center, swimming pool and a skating rink...
...time, it looked as if the kid was headed for trouble. He and his pals raised quite a bit of hell, hanging around pool parlors (where Bob became a pretty good hustler), swiping things from the local stores. He straightened out soon enough, and for a while sold newspapers on a street corner. John D. Rockefeller used to come by in his chauffeured car every day to pick up his 20 paper. One rainy afternoon the old millionaire handed Bob a dime. Hope had no change, so he offered to trust Rockefeller for the money. "He wouldn't hear...
...existing automaker -Daimler cars first appeared in 1886 -Mercedes' preparations have been as solidly engineered as its cars. Going into 1967, the German industry was hit not only by the general business slump but also by a sharp change in the home market; as the once big postwar pool of first-time buyers emptied, automakers had to adjust to the slower pace of replacement sales. Going against the trend, Mercedes has aimed its 15 high-priced, high-performance models which hold 7% of the German market, at "men who have achieved something...
...selection systems currently being considered utilize the "constructive" 19-year-old pool and both have nearly unacceptable inequities. But unless a new alternative is devised (and the prospects are dim), or Congress acts, one of the two will be in effect by June...
...first is known in the Pentagon as "age-mix." Under this system, everyone in the pool is considered to be born in the same year and the oldest ones are drafted first. This would mean that men born in the first third of the year (January through April) would fill the entire year's draft call. Other "19-year-olds" would probably remain untouched. And there are an infinite number of gimmicks and variations to this plan. Draft boards could be told to work by the fiscal year which begins on July 1. Men born in July through October would...