Word: poundingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Colgate quarterback Ron Burton and halfback Marva Hubbard carried the ball on all but two plays gainst Cornell. The 160-pound Burton, unbelievably, carried the ball himself on all but three occasions in the second half...
...military independence, West Germany's nuclear role, and the size and significance of U.S. troop commitments in Western Europe. He will also have to deal with America's balance of payments deficit, France's inclination to cash in dollars for gold, and the related problem of Britain's unstable pound. Rostow is an open supporter of the Administration's policy in Vietnam...
Under this exchange, the New York Federal Reserve Bank extended to Britain a line of credit that stood at $750 million this summer, before the pound withstood its most severe assault from speculators (the idea is that Britain would do the same for the U.S. if the dollar were to run into trouble). Of the total, the Bank of England had to call for $300 million. Meanwhile, other central banks had provided Britain with another $ 1 billion...
...those dollars would be cashed in for gold. The U.S. Treasury last week noted that France, with gold purchases of $221 million, was the only nation to convert dollars into gold "significantly" during the second quarter of 1966. To allow the U.S. to continue as savior of the pound and at the same time to protect the U.S. from gold losses, the Europe-Canada-Japan group upped its pledge to the U.S. from $2 billion to $3 billion...
...much of Britain's new swap rights will have to be used depends, of course, on the performance of the pound over the next few months. But the mere fact that those rights were expanded indicates a basic belief that the British government at long last means business about righting the country's economy...