Word: pounded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Alfred Schaefer, 60, chief of the Union Bank of Switzerland, and by common consent that nation's foremost commercial banker, was protesting the notoriety thrust upon Swiss banks by the recent troubles of Britain's pound. Long the world's favorite haven for nervous money, Swiss banks have amassed so much of it (fully one-fifth of their $16.6 billion in deposits comes from foreigners) that when their international clientele decided to lighten its sterling holdings, the banks became heavily though unhappily involved in the run on the pound. The Swiss themselves contributed $80 million...
...without shine. The characteristic Iron Curtain odor of ersatz gasoline fumes and onions fried in cheap grease permeates the atmosphere. The average person's monthly income is 600 East marks, or $270 at the unrealistic official rate of exchange, but only $38 at the free market rate. A pound of coffee costs 32 marks, the cheapest suit 150, a simple dress imported from Switzerland between 400 and 600. To earn such "luxuries," most people work beyond their normal 45 hours a week, or moonlight, or put their wives to work...
Fighting in the 185 pound class, Eliot's Steve Crosby had lost the first two rounds to Steve Roper of Winthrop. With 45 seconds left in the last round, Crosby connected with a left hook to the nose, and followed up with a tremendous right to the chin that threw Roper back into the corner. Roper's guard fell, and Crosby buckled him up with another left and a right...
...Freshman heavyweight fight was somewhat of a burlesque. At the beli, Holworthy's Carter Lord, 205-pound captain of the Yardling football team, came out of his corner (which was manned by seven seconds) flailing his arms. During the first minute, he threw at least one punch per second, and connected with Ron Wilson of Matthews South approximately four times...
Eliot's Dave Naplor and Dudley's Dave Massey pair off at 125, and hard-punching Steve Crosby of Eliot meets Winthrop's Steve Roper in the 135 pound class. Dave Hockman is uncontested at 135, giving Dudley an automatic five points. Withrop's John Peterson and Leverett's Steve Sohn will vie for the heavyweight championship...