Word: dipped
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...describe the "dip-free" Sheaffer Snorkel pens in South Africa, Grant had to find a substitute for dip (doop), which means "baptize" in Afrikaans...
DESPITE the price dip in natural rubber, which has fallen 4? a Ib. since May to a 3½-year low, tiremakers will not cut their prices. Reason: they expect forthcoming wage hikes will more than offset the savings in raw materials...
...week's end, Aranha had promised to pay even if he had to dip into Brazil's gold reserves. When he said he would not devalue the currency now, the cruzeiro free-rate firmed up from 52 to 45 to the dollar. In a move to trim ship, he decided to unload Brazil's overpriced cotton stocks on the world market, though it might mean taking a $27 million loss on the treasury books. It was a tough line, but it won support at home and abroad. President Getulio Vargas called in his old-time lieutenant...
Undergraduates seem far less draft-conscious this year than last. According to figures released yesterday by Registrar Sargent Kennedy '28, last fall's course grades took a decided dip over the previous term...
...Army had done it too. Acting on this tip, Williams inquired around the Pentagon and found evidence of the unique bonus system. In 1947, an official directive had gone down to 5,685 civilian employees of the Army's Antilles Department, Caribbean Defense Command, authorizing them to dip into the fire-hire bonanza. Nearly 40%-2,114 employees-accepted, collected substantial leave checks, went right on working. The cost: at least...