Word: stocked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...difference how far the object is if you have the power." California Dowser Jack Livingston professes to have spotted water as far as a continent away. Why don't the dowsers use their gift for predicting the outcome of a race or the future price of a stock? "Not ethical," snaps MacLean. "You should only put dowsing to work for the good of the people. Greed interferes with your skill...
...have jumped more than 16% in the past two years (the average price of a new house now is $63,000), and mortgage rates run 9% in and around New York City, 9.75% in the Chicago area and 9.75% to 10% in Southern California. Many people, burned by the stock market, figure that real estate is their best hedge against inflation and a good long-term investment. The baby-boom kids of the mid-1940s are now setting up housekeeping; most of these young families have two earners, and they confidently assume the burden of double-digit mortgages on houses...
Byers said banks in which MIT owns stock would be discouraged by the university from investing funds in corporations not operating under the Sullivan rules...
Thirty-six MIT-affiliated students picketed an MIT Corporation luncheon yesterday, calling for university divestiture of its stock holdings in companies operating in South Africa...
Paul Schoenstein's stock with his young son rose even higher when, during World War II, he was kept under surveillance by a couple of FBI men (the Journal-American had discovered that a German spy was living in the Taft Hotel, and the bureau wondered where the information had come from). "Just wait'll I tell those bastards at school," said Ralph, who had been heckled because his father, being a Hearstman, was held responsible for starting the Spanish-American War. The bastards were more impressed by Paul's Pulitzer Prize...