Word: traded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...world beyond Wall Street, most financial trade publications seem as dull and dreary as a stock prospectus. A new publication in this ar cane area of journalism, however, is fast proving that writing about high finance can be both exciting and amusing. Its editor is 'Adam Smith,' the author of the irreverent and humorous bestseller, The Money Game. As Wall Street and publishing circles know by now, Smith is really George J.W. Good man, 38, a former Rhodes scholar, journalist (TIME, FORTUNE), novelist and screenwriter (The Wheeler Dealers). Considerably less well known is Good man's latest...
...many illegal abortions are performed annually in the U.S. So-called "estimates" are really guesses and range from 200,-000 to 1,500,000. Whatever the true figure may be, it is obvious that legalized therapeutic abortion so far has had negligible, if any, effect on the illegal trade. There are several reasons...
...Anthony J. Wiener of the Hudson Institute think tank both predicted more than 100 technological breakthroughs that might win chips for investors in the year 2000. On their list: genetic control of heredity, creation of artificial life, extrasensory perception, human hibernation. Says Goodman: "This isn't just a trade magazine. People read it be cause...
...Ability is not all there is to this game," says Allen, "and a good athlete is not always a winning one." What Allen looked for in Los Angeles was winners, and he was perfectly willing to trade away good athletes to get them. One of his first acquisitions was Bill George, a linebacker from the Chicago Bears, who is said to have begun his new career in Los Angeles by flattening a malingering teammate. Other trades brought the Rams such established stars as Flanker Bernie Casey, Halfback Tommy Mason, Linebacker Myron Pottios and Cornerback Irv Cross. Allen also drew heavily...
After snowless skiing, iceless skating. At least Vinyl Plastics Inc. thinks so and has developed a warm, dry, milky-white synthetic surface that has been a hit at New York's and Philadelphia's winter sports shows, and almost lives up to its trade name, Slick. It is smooth as ice but 20% slower. Its great advantage is cost?$38,000 for a standard rink v. $300,000 for artificial ice. Skates bite easily into the surface, which has a guaranteed life of three years. Says Professional Ice Skater Randolph McCulley: "You can't cheat on Slick...