Word: stockely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Smith College last month sold almost $700,000 worth of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company stock because the company did not satisfactorily explain the rationale for construction of a new plant in South Africa...
...move could only be viewed by the Soviets as aggressive, and thus it would hamper future efforts at arms reductions. Another problem is that since the missile would be housed in unmarked underground tunnels, Soviet satellites would be unable to to verify how many missiles the U.S. had in stock. Arms control treaties require such abilities to verify missible levels, so the MX would hamper future arms settlements...
Enter condominium conversion. A landlord can convert a 15-unit apartment building worth $200,000 into 15 condominiums that sell for $25,000 or more apiece. To make the conversion even more popular, a high percentage of Cambridge's housing stock is old and often in need of major repairs. By converting, the owner can unload his property without major expense and still cash in on the laws of supply and demand...
...believes this mayhem is unnecessary is Richard Turner, a former stock car racing driver who is now a police official in Hutchins, Texas. He runs a driving school specializing in the act of the "slow chase." His three-day course, already taken by more than 750 officers from Texas, Florida and Kansas, consists of six hours of class instruction (usually in a converted saloon near Dallas) and 18 hours of driving on a course with turns known as Serpentine, Lollypop and T-Bone Alley. Turner emphasizes calm, smooth movements and no tire-squealing maneuvers. "Think slow," he tells students. "Make...
Almost unnoticed amid all this hullabaloo, the increases in interest rates that the Federal Reserve has forced have so far failed to check the growth of the money supply. In October the nation's money stock grew at an average annual rate estimated at 12%. That pace, if continued, could indeed be inflationary?yet the White House fears still higher interest would damage the recovery. That creates a nasty dilemma that will probably persist for some time...