Word: result
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...result, most of the delegates then concluded that the franc would be devalued. The French delegates gave the grim impression of men accepting the inevitable...
...tremors-is the main, and perhaps mortal weakness of the monetary system. While nations that belong to the IMF are obliged to try to keep their currency-exchange rates steady, there is no stipulation that they keep their international payments in balance at the prevailing exchange rate. The result is all too frequent imbalances in international payments, which put new strains on the monetary system...
...centerleft coalition, the much-discussed apertura a sinistra, or opening to the left. In the Socialists' opinion, the opening never came, because the government proved to be more center than left. The Socialists complained that the Christian Democrats never delivered on promised economic and social reforms. As a result, in May's general election, the Socialists lost one-quarter of their votes to the extreme left. The Communists gained 800,000 votes, while the Christian Democrats gained slightly. Even President Giuseppe Saragat expressed pique at the losses, and the party decided to quit the government. Saragat quickly wished...
...fate of Panaghoulis was known to have bitterly divided the ruling junta into hawks and doves. Possibly as a result, there was a government shake-up involving four of the original junta officers. Hard-lining former Colonel Ioannis Ladas was switched from the Public Order Ministry to the Interior Ministry, in the process losing direct control of the nation's police. He refused his new post. Ladas, and two other junta members, were balking at their reassignments. Premier Papadopoulos, intent on avoiding further damage to his government's reputation abroad, seemed to have sided with the doves...
...affecting dramas ever seen on U.S. television. Then Capote wrote The Thanksgiving Visitor, another chapter in his portrait of the artist as a young boy. As before, Frank and Eleanor Perry, the husband-and-wife moviemaking team (David and Lisa), adapted and produced the film. And once again, the result, which ABC has scheduled for Thanksgiving night, is a rare, lyrical hour for television...