Word: pound
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Truth. One prompt result of Churchill's words was a spate of speculation that Britain's bank balance was lower than even the bankers suspected. Pundits in the financial district wondered whether dollar reserves might fall so low that the pound would be devalued again. Cripps devalued the pound in 1949 when Britain's dollar reserves fell to $1.3 billion; they rose to $3.8 billion at the end of June 1951. By the end of last March they were down to $1.7 billion again. After Churchill's speech, the Financial Times sternly demanded "the whole truth...
Ellsworth Haggerty '27 set a new Harvard-Yale record in the BAA meet and the team put on a superb performance in downing Dartmouth and Cornell. Wrestler Henry R. Wood--now in the 158 pound class--starred for the mat squad, as did Herbert Rawlins, Jr. for the squash team. The latter went on the win the University championship. And all athletes were happy when the College announced that Fisher would continue as head football coach...
...Royal Henley Regatta entry list announced Tuesday included no American crews for the main race, the Grand Challenge Cup, which the Crimson won in 1950. University of Pennsylvania 150-pound eight will be back to defend its Thames Challenge Cup, however...
...Poet Pound meant tumefied, i.e., swollen...
...reached Farmer Reuben Schupbach's dooryard. The farmer drove her to Hardtner at top speed, but Mrs. Munsell was too near her time for doctors to get her ready for the delivery room. At 6:40, still mud-spattered, she was delivered of a healthy, six-pound...