Word: steers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...smuggling is the great leveler and common denominator. Domestic indus tries cannot supply the varied needs of the developing countries, and protective governments aggravate the shortages by slapping prohibitive tariffs on imports. The official purpose seems noble: to help fight inflation, make domestic goods more competitive, and generally steer economies along tried and proven channels. In the Dominican Republic duties average 70% of value; in Colombia they run up to 150% on some items, while Argentina charges 200% on such treasured goods as steak sauce, toys and perfume...
...fact, official surveillance organizations, such as the FBI, have expertly bugged rooms spotted through leading hotels. When they want to tune in on a guest, they ask the hotel management to steer him to one of these sonic studios. If the guest balks, an agent needs only a few minutes to sneak up and secrete several bugs in the room assigned the visitor; then a team of technicians moves into an adjoining room to set up listening and recording apparatus...
...quick inventory of grapes while they are still on the vine, measure the size of a coal stockpile for a utility company and point to the best spot for a coal miner to dig in. The Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio even takes aerial-type shots of a steer, then analyzes the animal's "hills and valleys" to get an accurate reading of how much meat is on his bones...
...Kamuzu Banda, the Prime Minister of Nyasaland, said last night that after independence next July his African country will steer a moderate course between Left and Right at home and East and West abroad...
With only a month to go before Konrad Adenauer steps down as Chancellor, Goodbye, Old Chief, sung to twanging guitars and the lowing of lonesome steer, has become one of West Germany's top jukebox hits. As for the Old Chief, he seemed unusually mellow, even resigned to retirement after 14 years in office. Last week Adenauer, 87, journeyed to Rome in a nostalgic mood to say his goodbyes to President Segni and Pope Paul VI, who presented him with the Vatican's highest decoration, the jeweled chain of the Supreme Order of Christ, which had not been...