Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...population increase is still going on. That didn't stop Monday or Tuesday, and it means there'll be good business in the future. The only complaint I have is that my brother-in-law bought A.T.&T. lower than I did." Observed Millionaire Showman Billy Rose, a fabulously successful investor who saw the value of his 80,000 shares of A.T.&T. drop by $760,000 in one day: "I'm not worried about the future of A.T.&T. It's as good an investment as the U.S. itself-it owes a lot less money...
...angry Deputies of South Africa's dwindling opposition parties rose in Cape Town's Parliament to blast the government's new "death for sabotage" bill, which would give the regime sweeping authoritarian powers...
Medieval Wonder. On opening night the curtain at Glyndebourne rose ten minutes late, at 5:40. The opera was Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande, the first French work ever done at Glyndebourne. The dreamily romantic settings, highlighted by ingenious lighting effects, perfectly conveyed the sense of medieval wonder that is an important part of the opera. The cast had been painstakingly and expertly drilled by Conductor Vittorio Gui. In the pit the Royal Philharmonic sounded first-rate-particularly so in a theater whose sharp acoustics are ideally adapted to Debussy's richly inlaid instrumental patterns...
...lose money on the market, most small investors failed to consider the consequences of an end to inflation. When the stock market hit its December peak, stocks in the Dow-Jones index (a relatively stable, conservative group) were selling at a precariously high 23 times earnings. As prices rose, dividend yields on common stocks fell from their long-term average of 4.9% to less than 3%-well below the average 4.3% yield on high-grade bonds, which, being less speculative, traditionally pay less income. Only four times in the past 80 years had common stock yields been...
...Unofficial Rose, by Iris Murdoch. The romantic lower depths of England's upper classes intricately explored by an artful philosopher-novelist...