Word: third
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...reason for money traders to buy dollar-denominated short-term securities, since they earn nothing. Other currencies are a better buy. For example, even though the West German prime rate of 7.75% is more than five percentage points lower than the U.S. prime, West German inflation is about one-third that of the U.S., so traders sell dollars to buy marks and other currencies where they can earn a real return. This weakens the dollar. But if the Fed were to push U.S. interest rates another one-half of 1%, to 1% above the rate of inflation, it might lure...
...fickle world of television, where most programs have precariously short lives, the long-running network news shows have proudly been the most resistant to change. But they're changing now, as ABC's World News Tonight - long a poor third - prepares to overtake the NBC Nightly News, while CBS's Evening News continues its reign...
...film's setting is an idealized Lancashire town where American G.I.s are stationed while waiting to invade the Continent. The plot is Hollywood's ancient love-today-for-tomorrow-we-die formula, taken to the third power: three Yanks of varying rank (Richard Gere, William Devane, Chick Vennera) relentlessly pursue three Englishwomen of varying social status (Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, Wendy Morgan). Since two of the heroines have home-town heartthrobs fighting overseas, the American interlopers meet with some early but usually temporary setbacks. By the time the movie reaches its climax-an irresistible train station farewell, complete...
Contrary to assurances that Secretary of State Cyrus Vance had already given the Senate, the agency concluded that about one-third of the 6,000 to 9,000 Russians on duty in Cuba are combat troops rather than advisers and technicians...
...course Cuba is a fortress, and of course it is reinforced by the Soviets. It has been so for decades. There is legitimate, longstanding concern over the island's use as a training ground for Soviet-Cuban adventures in the Third World, including the Caribbean. But Castro's reprehensible conduct as a global mischief-maker bedeviled American foreign policy long before the ratification of SALT II or the re-election of Frank Church was an issue. Cuba's predatory military probably will continue to be a problem for a long time to come - until the U.S. recovers...