Word: pound
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...user, like "an orgasm all over your body." It is an aphrodisiac, tending also to prolong the time of sexual activity before climax is achieved. Obtainable legally only by prescription, the crystalline drug is, like LSD, relatively easily manufactured, with a production cost of something like $25 a pound...
Last week the pressures in the U.S. money market led the Bank of England to raise its interest rate from 5½% to 6%, hoping thus to stem a flow of funds toward the U.S. Though the British move steadied the sagging pound, it means that businessmen will have to pay more for loans to finance new plants and that consumers will pay more for installment purchases. Both consequences will tend to slow Britain's recovery from recession. Continental bankers predicted that the British action will lift the cost of short-term borrowing, but voiced guarded confidence that other...
...passes then his Horn on the Crimson 35. But back at the line of scrimmage one of the game's roughest individual duels had finally exploded. Harvard defensive tackle Joe DeBettencourt, no soft cookie himself, had hit Big Red tackle Tom Dichl with a solid charge, and the 250 Pound Hotel Administration major responded with a forearm shot to DeBettencourt's head. DeBettencourt, the Harvard senior, with unusual politeness, turned the other cheek--and an accusing finger--toward Diehl, and saw the referee drop the reg flag that killed Cornell's last chance for victory...
...from time to time, probably saved his life. For the first three days of the Six Day War, Nadav criss-crossed the blue skies over Sinai, raking Egyptian planes and armor with his French Super Mystere jet. Then, with Israeli troops on the Suez, he arced north to pound the Syrian heights opposite Ayeleth...
This year, however. Musick has put together a much quicker defensive line. He switched his 250-pound defensive end Tom Diehl to tackle and put a halfback at the defensive end spot. As a result of such maneuverings. Musick has put together a mobile team--not so quick as to outrun the Harvard offensive line, but certainly effective enough to stifle Princeton and Tiger tailback Bob Weber (10 tries, 23 yards...