Word: seek
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...edge of a town, where they swap girls, drugs and stolen motorcycle parts with equal abandon. In between drug-induced stupors, the Angels go on motorcycle-stealing forays, even have a panel truck with a special ramp for loading the stolen machines. Afterward, they may ride off again to seek some new nadir in sordid behavior...
Kerr later put out an explanatory statement that seemed to scold the regents ("Offenders must be disciplined, but due process must have its due place"), the faculty ("Faculty committees should not seek to avoid their responsibility"), and students ("Academic institutions have traditionally set standards of moral and ethical behavior conducive to their principles"). But he implied that his resignation was not irrevocable, saying that it was "not my inclination...
Economists seek explanations and enlightenment in statistics in much the same way some people do in Scripture -and occasionally they come up with fascinating little nuggets...
Some people are never satisfied-particularly investors. Though 20 million U.S. share owners seek their opportunity in the stock market and millions more are attracted to bonds and mutual funds, a growing number of investors are eager to take a bigger risk in the hope of making a faster buck. They are plunging into unconventional investments that offer such attractions as novelty, tax relief and, when the investor has guessed right, quick-rising profits...
...have discovered both the profit and joys of horse breeding, attracted by last year's 23% increase in the auction price of racing colts. Cattle managing has also become popular; it boasts such notable investors as Jack Benny, Greer Garson and Advertising Executive Marion Harper, all of whom seek the average 30% -40% annual return after taxes. The net runs high because earnings from sales of herds are taxed as capital gains at a top of 25%, and investors can write off the expense of raising herds against their income taxes...