Word: pound
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mark about 7% against an average of all major currencies. Compared with the currencies of the most economically troubled European nations, the mark's rise has been striking. So far this year, it has climbed 19.6% against the sinking Italian lira and 13% against the British pound, which last week slipped below $1.80 for the first time. Moreover, with Germany's strong recovery all but assured, any further economic disruptions in Europe this year will probably kick the value of the mark even higher...
Sharp Spikes. The sideshow barkers extolled their wares: "Miss Delilah, the girl who thrives on electricity and smiles when we push the switch on her very own electric chair," and "El Diablo, the king of fire, the human volcano," and "the human blockhead who loves to pound large sharp spikes and razor-tipped awls into his skull...
America was humiliated at the Munich Olympics when Chris Taylor, the 400-plus pound lug who had flopped his way into America's heart, was torn to pieces by a sneaky little Russian half his weight (it is no coincidence that late August-early September is marked by historians as the time that detente turned in the Russians' favor); but Chris Taylor is nothing compared to America's greatest Wrestlers. He hasn't even been able to break into the top ten contenders list for the west coast, which is the easiest of all the professional wrestling conferences. The likes...
...little doubt that a special T.U.C. conference, called for next month, will approve the new pay policy, the Callaghan government must exercise deft leadership to ensure that the voluntary restraints are not breached. If the government seems unable to make the wage agreement stick, the run on the pound, which stabilized at about $1.83 last week, could continue. Since this would boost Britain's bill for imported raw materials and food, it could quash London's hope for a real recovery...
Harvard crew coach John Higginson has a sign hanging over the door of his lightweight oarsmen's locker room which reads, "Please don't feed the oarsmen." The sign serves two purposes. First, it reminds the rowers to stay under the prohibitory 160 pound limit and second it keeps the crew sufficiently hungry from race to race that come each weekend the Crimson lights go out and feast on whatever unsuspecting boats come their...