Word: walls
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...House chamber boasted new, plum-colored wall-to-wall carpeting. In the new House office building, the larger-than-life bronze of Sam Rayburn, originally placed so that it faced away from visitors, was turned around. Prices had risen in the Senate and House restaurant, bringing inflation close to home...
...become pragmatic about Communism and has made trade agreements with most Iron Curtain countries. "The Iron Curtain has been there for too many years to think that it can come down by a miracle," he said last fall. "We must accept this reality and try to gradually permeate the wall with trickles of trade and cultural contacts. You can't deny that Russian Communism succeeded in making Russia one of the most powerful nations of the world. There must be something good...
Shrout led teammate Pete Adams to a sweep of the 200-yard freestyle, as both bettered 1:50, and Shrout came back to win the 100 in 49.1. Corris led two sweeps: he and Henry Frey took the 200-yard individual medley, and Bruce Fowler followed him to the wall in the 200-yard breaststroke...
...shift is due to a combination of outside forces. Investors are uncertain about Viet Nam and its effect on the economy; they worry over inflation, wonder about possible tax increases, fret, at least along Wall Street, about renewed rumors that the Government contemplates an excess-profits tax similar to that imposed on industry during the Korean War. And if only because of their uncertainty, they are starting to lay off stocks that even though presumably solid are still relatively cheap and considered to be speculative. At the old year's end and the new year's start...
Last but not least, Wall Street is perhaps the most superstitious of all business neighborhoods. And the omens look good: according to the lore of the Street, when the little odd-lotter starts buying heavily, the market will soon take a dive. But when the odd-lotter sells, the market will rise. Right now, he is selling. Anyway, all such tea leaves aside, the Dow-Jones average seems certain to pass the 1000 mark within days or weeks...