Word: worth
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...months of dickering, they had signed a treaty with the Argentines under which the two countries will work out a barter exchange of Argentina's agricultural products (mainly linseed oil and hides) for Soviet petroleum, coal, iron, steel, precision instruments, pipe, rails, rolling stock, axles and tires. Goods worth $150 million are supposed to change hands-if both sides deliver. In addition, the Communists agreed to extend a $30 million credit for mining, oil drilling, railroad, agricultural and generating equipment...
...hole to tie Virginia's Chandler Harper, smashed out a 270-yd. drive. He then calmly took a wedge, plopped the ball onto the green and into the hole for an eagle 2. Jubilantly aghast, Worsham murmured: "The luckiest shot I ever had." Lucky or not, it was worth $25,000 to Lew Worsham, whose 72-hole score was 278 v. Harper...
...held in Lexington, Ky. in October, where he will be racing against the clock rather than against other horses. There, if the horse can beat the world record for time trials of 1:55, set in 1938 by Billy Direct, Wagner believes Hi-Lo's Forbes will be worth far more than the $50,000-a-year stud fees he now potentially merits as a full-time stud...
...area, and as far away as Miami, Fla. (where a treasure hunter spotted a Lucky Buck originally spent in a White Plains store), people were buying the tabloid to compare its numbers with their dollars. Lucky Bucks not redeemed in seven days lost their magic; after that, they were worth 100 cents...
...help tide Turkey over its exchange shortage, the International Monetary Fund last week broke its rule limiting purchases of any nation's currency in a single year to 25% of that nation's quota. It bought $20 million worth of Turkish lire, 46.5% of Turkey's quota, in exchange for $10 million in U.S. dollars, two million British pounds and 18 million West German marks, currencies that Turkey has not been able to earn in trade...