Word: roped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...either into hiding or commercial use. Actually, much of the "commercial" gold (for jewelry, etc.) had gone to hoarders. The International Monetary Fund permits South Africa, world's biggest gold producer, to sell part of its production at a premium in such semi-fabricated "commercial" gold (e.g., "gold rope" for jewelers). But it can be quickly smelted down in places like Tangier or Zurich into the small, easily transported 2.2-lb. gold bars, which have become the world's favorite form of hoarding. In France alone, bankers estimated that more than $4.5 billion in gold was hidden away...
...Chicago last week, a deafening din arose from the Illinois Central Railroad's yards. Whistles shrieked, bells clanged, diesel engines blatted their air horns like dying cows. From a smoke-grimed overpass, Illinois' Governor Adlai E. Stevenson, who had set off the bedlam by tugging the rope of an old dismantled locomotive bell, cried gleefully: "There are a hundred trains here, and I bet every one of them is late!" Just as gleefully, Illinois Central's President Wayne Johnston cried back: "I'll bet they...
...Florence last week, where he was having a one-man show, Caffé was a clear success. His pictures of fledgling priests skipping rope, gossiping, romping on the beach, or playing mosca cieca† have won him an enthusiastic Italian following, as well as buyers elsewhere. Painted in whites, reds and clerical blacks, the pictures are cheerful and lighthearted; the over-casual brushwork and the repetitious patterns are excused...
...corral small-fry depositors, Atlanta's Citizens' and Southern National Bank twirled a new rope last week. It set up a Hopalong Cassidy's Saving Rodeo. For a minimum deposit of $2, Hoppy's worshipers got a "tenderfoot" badge and a plastic bank shaped to look like their hero. As their savings grow, so will their rank-from "wrangler" (a $10 account) to "Bar 20 Foreman" ($500). For all this, the bank paid Cassidy a set fee: 50? per new account plus $1 for the thrift kit. In four days the Citizens' National, Georgia...
...which he manfully finished in spite of it all, was punctuated by the blare of trumpets, sirens and whistles. One student dressed in long underwear ran on to the stage bearing a torch; later, someone released a quacking duck at MacCormick's feet. Two other students stretched a rope across the auditorium, did acrobatics in midair...