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Word: york (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sure none of my friends in New York expected this when I left five years ago," he said last week in his still Manhattan-tinted accent as he puffed a Dunhill cigarette. But he saw nothing odd about an American occupying a bastion of Britain. Said Anglican Simpson: "The United States Government doesn't seem to mind if I pray for Queen Elizabeth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: American at Oxford | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

THERE is no substitute for actuality, yet art books can JL do wonders in bringing home to space-bound men impossibly far realms of art. This spring, with the publication of Japan: Ancient Buddhist Paintings, the New York Graphic Society offered U.S. readers 32 color reproductions of masterpieces of Japanese religious art that are rolled up in scrolls, tucked away in mountain monasteries or otherwise unavailable to all but the most determined travelers. Like all too many art books, Japan is expensive ($18), and its text contributes little or nothing to the pictures...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: DISTANT REALM | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...presidents of both the New York Exchange and the American Stock Exchange denied that stocks were booming on borrowed money. Said the New York Stock Exchange's G. Keith Funston: "There is no evidence of excessive use of credit in the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Tighter Credit | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...week's end the rates went up. Major New York banks hiked their prime interest from 4% to 41%, equal to the prerecession level. The boost reflected heavier demands for bank loans by both business and consumers, also brought loan rates into line with yields on bonds. Most bankers now expect that the Federal Reserve will raise the discount rate from its current 3%. As interest rates climb, they will drive down farther a market already at a historic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOVERNMENT: Higher Interest | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...YpRK-TO-ANCHORAGE nonstop air service once weekly will be started by Northwest Airlines on June 1. New great-circle flight on DC-7Cs will continue to Tokyo, cut seven hours' flying time from New York-Tokyo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, may 25, 1959 | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

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