Word: sharing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...history: $530 million. The bad news dropped the minipound last week to the lowest level of its short life- $2.4005- and sparked a fresh round of gold buying on the London market and new speculation against ster ling. It was small satisfaction that the French, who have done their share of speculating against the pound in Brit ain's recent troubles, suddenly found themselves tarred by the same brush: ru mors of a devaluation of the franc plummeted France's coin of the realm 21 fractional points...
Considering the varied origins of his non-French-speaking cast, Barrault was probably justified in overstressing the theatrical aspects of the plot with constant stage activity. Bumbry, a rising singer who has created her share of glory at the Met as the villainesses in A'ida and Don Carlo, has yet to master the sinuous individuality of the French musical line. Though often incisive, Mehta's operatic work does not yet measure up to his symphonic accomplishments. As a result, Barrault created a Carmen that was acted more than it was sung. But he also provided...
...Rogers of the age, a kind of updated, urbanized farmer's almanac of political and social currents. Rogers was the sly rustic, a humorist with a lariat; Hope is the self-caricaturing sophisticated comic with a paradiddle patter. Rogers was show business, and so is Hope, and they share the same understanding of what is unique in American humor: a healthy irreverence for pomp and position. And they both succeeded by pitching their personalities across the footlights to touch their listeners with something close to folk wisdom. Some of Hope's lines even sound like Will Rogers...
...pins on the map. I was twelve before I learned that he wasn't an airline pilot." Nevertheless, Hope has never missed a crucial or ceremonial family occasion-except for Christmas, which the Hopes save for New Year's Day. And besides, what the children and Dolores share with Bob they refuse to measure in geographical distances...
...offer-meaning that they would wait and see whether the other companies upped their antes too. Phelps Dodge is the only company that depends solely on domestic production, and its profits are shrinking. Third-quarter revenues were down from $16.3 million last year to $4,400,000, and per-share earnings plunged from...