Word: slash
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...days after some 50 of the world's nations agreed to the biggest slash of tariff barriers in the history of world trade, France's Charles de Gaulle appeared before a crowded press conference to make the statement that, as far as he was concerned, liberalization had gone far enough. It was his intention, De Gaulle announced, to see to it that the European Common Market continued to restrict its own special trade privileges to its six original European members...
...next three singles matches will likely go to Harvard. Rocky Jarvis should slash by the Yalie's Keeton, who lost to Davis in the New Englands. Jarvis has not lost a set all year, outside of a loss in the Princeton match...
...purification process has been mainly one of arrests and repressions. In one indiscriminate slash, the junta outlawed no less than 279 Greek trade unions and social and political clubs, of which only a handful had actual far-left connections. It disbanded the youth organizations of all Greek political parties. The new government also banned 52 regional leagues of municipal officials throughout Greece and warned those that were left to stay out of politics. It dismissed as unreliable twelve mayors in cities and towns across the country. In fact, mayors as such may be going out of business anyway: the junta...
...high-volume advertising and promotion is not only unnecessary but also adds about 25% to the retail price of the products, Britain's regulatory Board of Trade has ordered the two companies to de-escalate. Specifically, the companies were forced to agree to cut out promotion gimmickry and slash prices by 20% on one brand in each of the three major sectors of the suds market: white and blue detergent powders and soap powders. The companies can still market their other brands as they see fit, but the board figures that the new two-year experiment will, by reducing...
Jean Martin was the greatest surprise in her first season fencing. She still tends to slash wildly in her parries, but she can hold on with a bulldog tenacity...