Word: pricing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Replying to Goldberg next day, Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko dismissed the U.S. suggestion as a "soap bubble," announced a step-up in aid to Hanoi, branded Washington a "barbarous" aggressor, and demanded nothing less than an American pullout from Viet Nam as the price for peace. Gromyko's intransigent tone made it obvious even to Secretary-General U Thant that the U.N. is not likely to be the arena in which the Viet Nam impasse will finally be broken...
Chaplain Boyd attributes the growth of these cells to a feeling widespread among believers that to find true Christianity and meaningful social involvement they must go beyond traditional churches, which are controlled by "bish ops with price tags all over their bodies." Jesuit Sociologist Rocco Caporale of the University of California sees the underground church as a return to the personalized "mystery dimension" of early Christianity and a reaction to the massive, corporate impersonality of institutionalized parishes...
...painless as possible. They not only pay all moving costs, often including temporary hotel quarters in the new town for two months or longer, but frequently pick up the tab for new drapes. Many even buy up an executive's old house if he has difficulty getting the price he wants in a hurry. But even with company backing, the search for a new house is a pins-and-needles operation for the whole family...
...leaders have all been sounding the same theme-but mostly in a quieter key. Abruptly and decisively, coping with inflation has become the prime concern of U.S. businessmen. What was only a nagging specter short months ago is fast gathering ominous substance. Automakers have joined the parade of summer price increases that now reach across the economy from food to steel, from appliances to plastics. General Motors raised the average price of its 1968 autos by $110, or 3.6% above the 1967 level. Strikebound Ford lifted its car prices by $114 (3.9%), Chrysler by $133 (4.6%). Inventory liquidation by businessmen...
...Price. As if that were not far enough out, Britain's Rolls-Royce announced last week that it would introduce a new four-passenger convertible in the U.S. this fall. Heavy on pushbutton controls and fitted leather appointments, the handmade car boasts a gently swelling silhouette designed to appeal to American buyers. With characteristic British understatement, Rolls described the car's horsepower-about 325-as "adequate." That also goes for the price...