Word: poundingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...need for responsible fiscal action on both taxes and expenditures has been compelling for months, but in the last few days, in the light of the British action, it has become absolutely imperative." Thus last week did President Johnson react to Britain's 14.3% devaluation of the pound...
Sometimes the difference between riot and order in the slums may be not a question of billions spent on social welfare but a matter of a few cents-like 10? more for a dozen eggs, 20? more for a pound of hamburger or 2? more for a loaf of bread. For, cruelly enough, as hearings by a House subcommittee investigating consumer problems in New York City and St. Louis indicated last week, the poor are often charged more for groceries-and often given worse goods and services-than relatively affluent shoppers in suburbs and middle-class city neighborhoods...
...devaluation of the pound was followed by the equally traumatic devaluation of Harold Wilson and his government. Crowds mounted a week-long vigil on the sidewalk opposite No. 10 Downing Street, some of them crying: "Get out, you silly nits." In most un-British fashion, eggs were hurled at Chancellor of the Exchequer James Callaghan. A poll published by the Daily Mail reported that 54% of British voters thought that Wilson should resign, and that 56% believed that devaluation was the result of Labor's mismanagement. In the only chance that Britons had to express their judgment with ballots...
Halfback Vic Gatto, the 185-pound junior who became one of Harvard's greatest ground gainers, was one of two Crimson players to make the all-star team on offense. The other was guard A1 Bersin...
Both Gatto and Coach John Yovicsin were all smiles when the 5'6", 185-pound halfback's election was announced. "He's a great individual and has the respect of every player," Yovicsin said...