Word: use
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While gold is psychologically important, the fate of the dollar is far more vital to the U.S.−and the rest of the non-Communist countries, which use the greenback to settle most international trade deals. Even before Carter's actions last week, the dollar had been slipping, as some financially important countries, including Saudi Arabia, sold American currency from their monetary reserves in exchange for West German marks and British pounds...
...year won a world championship: "The reason I became such a good windsurfer is that I liked falling in the water." A certain amount of upper-body strength is needed to hold the sail aloft, but more experienced wind-surfers are less dependent on muscle power, having learned to use their bodies for leverage. With practice one can reach speeds of 30 m.p.h. Speeds vary according to the weight of the rider: heavier sailors fare better in strong winds, lighter ones in soft breezes...
...approximately 50? on every extra $1 that the energy companies collect as U.S. oil prices climb to world levels. The House has raised this to 60?, but what the Senate will do is uncertain. Thrashing out a compromise could take months, given Washington's temptation to use the oil industry as a scapegoat for the nation's energy woes...
...department filed suit last summer against Regis College. Advisers there are available to all other students on their floor for counseling. In return they receive $500 tuition credit, use of a telephone, and a double room at single rates...
...provide a continuity to the argument here at Harvard, since we remain although students leave," Snook said. The group intends to investigate Harvard's involvement in the nuclear industry, and possibilities for alternative energy source use throughout the University, Snook added...