Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brothers, handed the King an ultimatum. Tactfully but plainly, the chieftains warned him not to interfere with Feisal or make any attempt again to wield power, at the risk of dethronement. They also demanded instant banishment of Saud's personal aide, Eid ben Salem, who rose from palace chauffeur to royal entrepreneur and became vastly rich in the process...
Washington's April figures on business confirm that everything-or almost everything-is coming up roses: > Employment, which usually slides in March, instead climbed 900,000 to a record 68.1 million. > The industrial production index rose 2 points to a record 122.4 (1957-59 =100), showing strength in all manufacturing industries. > Private housing starts rose 7% to 1,630,000 units. > Orders for durable goods climbed 4%, while sales of durables advanced 2.5%. > The backlog of durable goods orders totaled $45.9 billion, up nearly $3 billion since January...
...Five Ministers of the Interior. Three Ministers of Foreign Affairs. Four Defense Ministers. Three Economics Ministers. Five War Secretaries. Four Navy Secretaries. Three Air Secretaries. Five Treasury Secretaries. And an economy in a mess. The number of Argentine bankruptcies increased 46% last year, the cost of living rose 50%, the peso dropped 67%, and the gross national product actually slipped 3.9%. Argentina's wheat crop and meat production-the country's two main exports-finished disappointingly low, and the nation's balance-of-payments deficit soared to $320 million. Argentina's total gold and foreign exchange...
...launch seemed so routine that only a few bird watchers turned out at the Cape Canaveral pad. And as the Thor-Delta rocket rose above the southern morning, the Bell Telephone Laboratories scientists who had built its cargo followed its course with rising confidence. Satisfied at last that their latest communication satellite, Telstar II, was in proper orbit, they put through a telephone call to their space communication station at Andover, Maine. "She's all yours. Go play with her!" It was hardly the type of space spectacular that President Kennedy warned would soon be touched off by Soviet...
...more than 1,000,000 shareholders. G.M. stock jumped 45 points to 73⅜ in the four trading sessions after the news-and lifted other stocks with it because many theorists hold that G.M. is a "leading indicator" for the entire market. The Dow-Jones industrial average rose 5.22 points for the week, closing at a 14-month high of 723.30. Most important, brokers reported a rising number of small transactions-a heartening indication that Main Street is beginning once more to put its money-backed bets on the future of the economy...