Word: skyscraperism
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The long-blocked road to Intra's resurrection finally opened after British auditors found that the bank, though short of cash, was so loaded with gilt-edged investments ($217 million worth) as to be a sound long-term venture. A new Cabinet under Lebanese Prime Minister Rashid Karami fired...
The Milton Hilton. Obote, who took two years in politics and economics at Makerere University College in Kampala, is cunning and tough. Five years of his rule have brought Uganda a modicum of stability, expanded trade and improved intertribal relations. In the capital of Kampala, Obote's modern outlook...
Farewell to Thee. Diana's demise came in 1925, when the New York Life Insurance Co. decided to build a skyscraper on the site. As the last boxing event got under way the night of May 5, 1925, the gravelly voice of Announcer Joe Humphreys boomed over the crowd...
Arabic Television. Throughout the new territories, Israel has begun a multi-pronged program of education in coexistence. The lessons are all oral or visual, since the Israelis have found that the written word is not effective among the Arabs. One method involves meetings over coffee between Arab notables and local...
Tony is a bandy-legged tough guy, a graduate of "skyscraper construction, brewery repairing, and for eight months the City Department of Water Supply, until it was discovered that he had been sending a substitute on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays while he went to the track and made some money...