Word: trustedly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...begin to supplement gold's historic role. British devaluation and two subsequent runs on gold have drastically shrunk the transition time. "The monetary system is now in a continuous and drawnout crisis," says Roy L. Reierson, senior vice president and chief economist of Manhattan's Bankers Trust Co. Last week Reierson added his voice to those demanding that the London gold pool be closed, and that the U.S. limit its $35-an-oz. sales of bullion to the settlement of debts with other countries. That "selective convertibility" recipe stops short of outright dollar devaluation be cause some gold...
...dreamer, this Ibis. His eyes have fixed shrewdly on the world of politics and politicians for more than half a century. During the era of the trust bust, it was common to see his lanky figure alongside such luminaries as William Howard Taft, Louis D. Brandeis and Teddy Roosevelt. During the war years, he was never more than a vestibule's distance from President Wilson's ear, and in the dark days that followed he stood grandly above the politics which killed the peace...
...curfew. The black market is still operating, but business is off by about 50%. About 70% of the sidewalk shops and stalls have reopened, most for only half a day; many of the finer shops still remain closed. Money is circulating freely and most Saigonese seem to trust its worth, since there has been little upsurge in bartering. Phone service has been restored, and so has electric power-though it remains as unreliable as before, winking off in some part of town almost every night...
...their friendships. "It was not that it was an unwritten law," one boy said. "You just didn't. It was irrelevant. It was the given." People could ask each other about what hospitals they had been in, or how long, but not why. "It would have destroyed a basic trust," another student said. "It would have taken away the acceptance that people need to pull themeslves together...
...husband), master of sleight of hand and disguise; Greg Morris, ace engineer; and Peter Lupus, strong man. The team sets off to the rescue without informing the audience of its plan-which is always a variation of the con game. Each operative wins the enemy's trust by playing a separate innocent role; together, they catch the villain off balance when everything clicks at a pre-arranged moment, usually four minutes before sign-off time...