Word: totalled
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weak and slightly bewildered, three Americans came out of North Viet Nam last week. For a total of 86 months among them, they had served in North Vietnamese prison camps; their release brought to nine the number of U.S. prisoners released by Hanoi since early 1968. The men were turned over to a four-member American peace group that had come to Hanoi to escort them home (see box). Obviously, propaganda was a major element in North Viet Nam's gesture. But whatever Hanoi's motives and however callously it toyed with the hopes harbored by the families...
...already tied a major-league mark by stealing home seven times this season. Behind him in the batting order comes Killebrew, 33, a chunky (6 ft., 210 Ibs.), balding veteran of 15 years in the majors, who is one of the most feared long-ball hitters in the game (total career home runs: 428). The very fact that Carew gets on base so often has helped Killebrew pile up 101 runs batted in to lead both leagues...
...which is really a commercial bank, directs the destinies of $11 billion in personal trust and investment money. O.P.M. last year brought the company nearly $18 million in fees and commissions. That, plus income from investments and interest on loans, lifted revenues to $34 million. So far this year, total income is running 28% ahead of 1968 levels...
...bank's 1,200-man staff will advise on matters like buying a villa on the Mediterranean. The bank also lends money for many investments. Altogether, the company charges the usual brokerage commission plus advisory fees, which can run as high as three-quarters of 1% of the total investment...
Biological Predestiny. Men are killing off sperm whales at the rate of 25,000 a year, perhaps one-tenth of the total stock, and Dr. Scheffer is indignant at the profligacy and lack of "humaneness" with which this is done. But it is the whale's biological predestiny that saddens him most. Nature seems to have no future plans for the whale -an animal with beguiling potential yet lacking the indispensable potential to evolve beyond itself...