Word: tokyo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mostly Mozart series at Manhattan's Lincoln Center, where he wore a velvet jacket and what he calls his "dress sneakers," turned into a celebration of the clarinet's possibilities. In Mozart's Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A Major, which he performed with the Tokyo String Quartet, Stoltzman glided effortlessly through long, sustained phrases. He caressed his instrument into whispery trills and treble work and then commanded a full-bodied tone as smooth as old wine. It was masterly Mozart, and the audience loved...
...income will go into four more temples (in Seattle, Tokyo, Mexico City and American Samoa) and 600 buildings under way around the world?all to be paid for in full before dedication. All Mormon young men are supposed to devote two years to missionary work between their education and their careers. For many of the 26,500 now in the field, the task will broaden horizons and hone speaking and selling skills for advancement in business...
...Japan spent a remarkable $400 million in official reserves during the first 25 minutes of trading on Monday in an effort to halt the collapse, the once mighty greenback still crashed through the psychologically important 200-yen barrier and kept plunging all week. At its Friday close on the Tokyo Exchange, a dollar would buy only 192.10 yen, a depreciation of nearly 5% in a week, and an overall decline of more than 18% since January...
...living or traveling abroad, the dollar's week-long oscillations added yet more irritation to the once enjoyable experience of spending U.S. dollars overseas. At present exchange rates, a U.S. Army lieut. colonel stationed in Japan earns less than senior Japanese guards ($25,900) employed at the base near Tokyo. In Paris, where the French franc hit a three-year high against the dollar and a Coca-Cola costs $1.25, California Tourist William Warrell glumly observed: "I don't see how people can travel anymore. I really...
There will be another summit next year, it was agreed, probably in Tokyo. But the inability of past summits to accomplish much brought forth a question that haunted some of this year's participants: Has the world entered a new era of slow economic growth...