Word: traded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Giving in, the government flashed a temporary red light to enforcement officers, ordering that the edict take effect only against a few disreputable houses that employed minors or peddled dope. It was small solace for the trade. Complained one prostitute last week: "Attendance has fallen off. Clients fear they may land in jail." A madam with initiative-and style-was busy sending out notes to erstwhile customers: "I have the pleasure of informing you that I expect you at my house on Tocornal Street after 6 p.m. Bring a friend...
...played just about every other notable, including Moses, John the Baptist, Ben-Hur, El Cid, Macbeth, Michelangelo, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, as well as the off-camera voices of Franklin D. Roosevelt and God. Of course, the studios would never let him retire. He is, in the trade term, one of the most "bankable" box-office stars going...
Last April, after digesting 7,000 pages of testimony and cogitating for 35 straight hours, Judge Roller ruled that the National League had violated Wisconsin's "little Sherman" antitrust law by moving the Milwaukee Braves to Atlanta, thereby "substantially restraining" Wisconsin's trade and commerce. He fined the ten-team league $55,000 and court costs, ordered it either to 1) bring the Braves back, or 2) give Milwaukee a new team. Last week, in a 4-3 decision, Wisconsin's Supreme Court overruled Roller and ordered him to dismiss the case...
...Stryker, Ohio, at a U.S. rail record of 184 m.p.h. The test indicated that with existing technology and only minor changes in roadbeds, U.S. passenger trains can easily reach the 125-m.p.h. speed at which experts say railroads can profitably compete with airlines for the short-haul passenger trade. Said Perlman, 63, who acted as "copilot" on the run: "The future of rail passenger services now hinges on the economic and marketing aspects of the business...
Enough? The ten are the U.S., Britain, Japan, Canada, Italy, West Germany, Holland, Belgium and Sweden, with Switzerland a nonvoting participant. Among them, they hold 80% of the world's gold and do most of its international trade. For nearly three years, they have been pondering whether enough gold and reserve currencies (the dollar and the pound) are available for the world to conduct its business...