Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mortified that my good friend and geologist, Franc. R. Joubin, should write as he does of my career [June 10]. When Canadian Franc. Joubin was employed by me, the price of uranium had already been fixed by the U.S. at the rate of $8 or better per pound for all uranium-producing countries. Canada was not excluded. The North Span Uranium Mine was completely financed by Morgan, Stanley & Co. and the Chase Manhattan Bank to the extent of about $90 million...
...students insist on creating their own music. The conventional dance bands who once stood assured Harvard bookings on important weekends have disappeared entirely. The initial swing to folk music at turn of the decade has given way student twist groups such as "Oedipus and his Three Mothers" who pound out their pulsing rhythm almost every weekend...
...automakers may be forced to cut back production and lay off workers because of interrupted exports. Slowdowns were ahead for other British manufacturers, as stocks of imported raw materials diminished. The loss in sales abroad was certain to hurt Britain's balance of payments. The prospect reduced the pound sterling at one point to $2.79 1/16, the lowest mark in 13 months...
Since Northern Ireland is still part of the United Kingdom, it could keep going with British pounds flown in from English banks. The independent Irish Republic has no such thing going for it; Eire has its own pound which, even though it is worth as much as Britain's, is not interchangeable. When word of the impending bank strike got around, depositors lined up for blocks, withdrew some $31 million before the vaults could swing shut on a remaining $775 million. That left some $322 million in out-of-bank circulation, just enough, by most estimates, to keep...
...three-pound clips that joins the winches to the set fell a few feet from stage manager Francine Stone '68. The 20-bv-8 foot wooden frame of the lower set was held up only because one of its corners was caught in a light...