Word: pound
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...myth he attempts to rescue the generation of 1914 from is the myth of Pound's "botched civilization," and the devastation of trench warfare in Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. It is also the personal devastation and drunkenness of Jake Barnes in A Farewell to Arms...
Wohl's stated aim is to "shed light on the politics of early twentieth century intellectuals." In doing so, he skips such intellectuals as T.S. Eliot, Erich Remarque and American expatriates like Ezra Pound and Ernest Hemingway, who had both a political and intellectual vision. The negligence of Eliot is particularly blatant, especially in contrast to Wohl's paeons to the inferior poetry of Brooke and Sassoon...
...years have urged investment in gold as a safe hedge in an in flation-weary world economy. As gold soared, the dollar continued its plunge against foreign currencies, hitting an all-time low of 1.70 deutsche marks, and sinking against the Swiss franc, Japanese yen and British pound, though it recovered somewhat at week...
World production of silver in 1979 was about 334 million Troy oz. (a pound has 12 Troy oz.). Mexico was the largest single supplier (18%), followed by the Soviet Union, Canada and the U.S. But, as has been the case for years, demand surpassed supply, by perhaps as much as 90 to 100 million oz., in part because of industrial demand. Silver is a basic ingredient in photo film, electronic components, metal brazings, batteries and, of course, jewelry and tableware...
Joseph Story Bicentennial Exhibition--Langdell, ILS and Pound buildings, HLS, through...