Word: reporter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...spokesman for the convention said yesterday that the second session would have "a more program-oriented approach than the first convention," explaining that the coordinating committee will report on the progress of its negotiations, and probably suggest some specific programs as goals for the convention, he said. The meeting, which is open to all those interested in the housing problem, will probably be held in a hall at St. Mary's Church...
During the session De Gaulle asked few questions. He had on his desk three "position papers" from the Ministry of Finance. One of them projected the situation if the franc were devalued at 9.785%-the figure in Le Monde. The second paper outlined a devaluation of 7.5%. The third report, prepared at De Gaulle's personal request, projected the consequences if he were not to devalue at all. When everyone had spoken, the General gave a brief resume of the trends of thought...
...making clear his opposition to the revaluation of the mark. As the meeting dragged on into evening, tempers began to flare. "They did everything except throw chairs at each other," said one participant. Bitter exchanges broke out between the world's leading monetary managers. According to one report, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer lectured the West German Finance Minister "as if he were a member of the Conservative Opposition." Jenkins himself was heckled outside the ministry by Germans who were protesting against British efforts to encourage a mark revaluation. The demonstrators carried placards that read SCHILLER...
...armadillo quads really are, Williams and Graduate Student Eleanor Storrs killed 16 sets of newborn quadruplets, thus eliminating any environmental differences that might have developed as the animals grew older. Then the two scientists analyzed 20 different features of each animal. Among the "identical" armadillos in each set, they report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there were many variations too great to have been caused by any pre-birth conditions such as different positions in the uterus or unequal supplies of blood from the mother...
...buyer knows, things rarely turn out that way. Last week, confirmation of that fact came from the Federal Trade Commission, which concluded in a 205-page report: "Service retains the status of a 'necessary evil' in much of the automobile business." The report, which will lead to full-scale hearings on warranties in January, makes clear that as sales continue to rise service can only become more necessary-and more evil...