Word: quarterlies
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...money trading last week was a tribute to its role as the basic currency of the world monetary system rather than to the international strength of the U.S. economy. At week's end, the Treasury disclosed that the U.S. balance-of-payments deficit rose in the second quarter to $3.8 billion - more than double the dollar out flow of any previous quarter...
That still leaves a shocking deficit. In the early 1960s, U.S. exports exceeded imports by an average $5.5 billion yearly. This year imports are exceeding exports - by $29 million in the second quarter. With no trade surplus, the U.S. is dependent on inflows of foreign capital to offset its overseas military and tourist spending, and it is no longer getting such inflows. As stock prices declined, foreign purchases of U.S. securities dropped by $1 billion in the second quarter, to $300 million...
...attractions is its members. "There are eligible young bachelors at all of our parties," enthuses Sharon Caudle, 24, an insurance company trainee. "If I can meet all these men for $3 a month, then I'm getting my money's worth." The feeling is widespread, and a quarter of the club's 2,000 members are single women. Bank officers had expected to enroll 2,200 young Houstonians in the first year, but that goal has already been reached and 500 new members are signing up each month. More surprising, they maintain an average balance...
...With one quarter-mile to go the first two finishers were in good position for the stretch run. Stop action at the quarter pole can be seen the excellent photograph below...
...compulsory year-round system has actually been tested in schools in other cities, usually as a cost-cutting expedient; it is obviously wasteful to keep costly educational facilities idle for a quarter of each year. Moreover, if a school system operates twelve months instead of nine, it can provide nine months of education per year for one-third again as many students. But pilot studies have demonstrated no appreciable economies and have shown that there is opposition to compulsory attendance during the summer quarter. Atlanta, by encouraging voluntary summer participation to broaden the learning process rather than merely to increase...