Word: traded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...explain further, for the trade that I am involved in, even though it is the second oldest profession known to man, is not one with which the average person is familiar. Palmistry is one of several so-called psychic sciences which deal with man, his personality, and his future. Astrology, for example, is an ancient and widely acknowledged "science" which uses stars and different times of the year to foretell what is in store for the individual. Another common form of fortune-telling is cards, either the common variety or Tarot cards, which originated in Israel. Tea-leaves are read...
...girl (they were 18 and 20 respectively) had ever had her own palm read, and they were impressed with the skill and accuracy I possessed even at that early stage. They were extremely helpful in increasing my knowledge and in revealing to me some of the secrets of the trade...
...letter to the ew York Times printed yesterday Gottfried Haberler, Galen L. Stone professor of International Trade said that the measures are "a further big step into the mass of specific controls that used to be called the Schachtian system, named after its inventor, the Nazi economic wizard Hjalmar Schacht...
Search for Stability. Ideally, nations would so order their economies as to keep their payments in balance over the long run. The search for such stability is greatly complicated by the world's increasing dependence on foreign trade, which means that shifts in one big national economy can inflict much damage on neighbors. Because West Germany's recession led to a sharp drop in imports and a surge of exports, both Belgium and The Netherlands suffered payments deficits in 1966, rebounding last year only after German business picked up again. Italy paid a heavy price in unemployment...
...losing their regulars. During the first nine months of 1967, pub sales enjoyed a 4% increase over the same period of the previous year. But October saw a 6% slump. British brewers are now beginning to take stock, and what they see is grim indeed. Bass Charrington reported trade off by 4%. Vaux Breweries, losing money in Scotland, threatens to raise prices. Whitbread sees little prospect of improving profits in the year ahead. Bucking the Trend. Only Britain's second largest beermaker, Allied Breweries (Ind Coope, Tetley Walker, Ansells), is bucking the national trend. During four critical weeks ending...