Word: poundingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...dangerously ill. But Prime Minister Harold Wilson left the bedside of the British economy to fly to Washington for his meeting with President Johnson. In the first week after emergency treatment was applied, through $3 billion in standby financing from eleven nations to halt a panicky run on the pound, Britain's currency rallied on New York exchanges to a high of $2.7929. But that was still below its par strength of $2.80, and for the basic cause of the sickness-Britain's longtime negative trade balance-no cure was in sight...
...lowest in seven years. There were whispers that even these figures hid the true dimensions of the drain. Last week Britain drew another SI billion in financing, this time from the International Monetary Fund, to pay off short-term loans that had been contracted earlier to support the pound...
...XVII is welded steel painted with two subtly clashing shades of red that seem to warp the solidity of the sculpture. "To do something like it in bronze would cost me $3,000," he says, "but I go out to the junkpile and pick up steel for 6? a pound...
...influential among them is the scion of a 200-year-old banking family: George R. S. Baring, 46, third Earl of Cromer, who, as the outspoken and energetic Governor of the Bank of England, was the chief British architect of last fortnight's $3 billion rescue of the pound. At the top of the private banks are scores of modern-day Rothschilds, Schroders, Brandts, Hambros and other heirs to ancient City fortunes. Despite this strong affection for family and school ties, the City is increasingly looking outward for talent to maintain its standing as what Bank Chairman Jack Hambro...
...events, notably the high jump, the hurdles, and the 35-pound weight, the team looked excellent...