Word: pound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Boyda, a 6 ft., 3 in., 190 pound end, started at right end on the Crimson's undefeated 1962 freshman football team. As a sophomore he was shifted to the left side and played offense and defense behind all-Ivy end Tom Stephenson...
...Income tax, which is paid by companies as well as individuals, was raised in the higher brackets by sixpence on the pound, thus bringing the British tax rate back to approximately where it was in 1959, when the Tories cut it. A previously programmed capital-gains tax was deferred until April, to the temporary relief of businessmen...
...nine months, and the country has been heading toward a 1964 payments gap almost equal to its entire gold reserves. Throughout the postwar era, Britain's inability in periods of domestic prosperity to export enough to pay for its imports has meant recurring payments crises, pressure on the pound, and credit-tightening moves that have restricted economic growth...
Last week the activist economists in Britain's Labor government (see THE WORLD) put through a stern pound-protecting program. A new 15% tax on manufactured imports will have the effect of doubling tariffs, adding 28? to a bottle of sherry and $225 to a Volkswagen. The government also started to "re-examine" the joint Anglo-French projects to build the Channel tunnel and the Concorde supersonic jet transport (the French feel certain that Britain will try to pull out of the Concorde). On top of that, the government announced a tax kickback for exporters, amounting...
...Eliot line is hard to move, and averages about 210 pounds per man, outweighing the varsity. The backfield is also big, but lacks breakaway power. Quarterback Elliott Topkins has relied mainly on power plays around end and passes to huge 6 ft., 4 in., 215 pound ends Kurt Lemkau and Herb Hardt...