Word: golds
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...skies had not cleared completely. Britain's present gold and dollar surplus could be wiped out by British rearmament costs or by a fall in exports. The London Economist gravely noted last week: "The ability of the postwar British economy to survive in competitive conditions remains untested." For this reason, Hugh Gaitskell had carefully stressed that Marshall Plan aid was suspended, not ended. Should it again be required before the end of 1952, it would be forthcoming...
...cream-colored, gold-trimmed Terrace Room of San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel last week, 500 stockholders of Hawaiian Pineapple Co., Ltd. (Dole products) sat in wide-eyed fascination. On the platform, in addition to a raft of dark-suited officers and directors, was a group of Hawaiian islanders decked out in bright and summery island garb. All were employees of the company; they were there to explain Hawaiian Pineapple's annual report to the stockholders...
While Parliament considered boosting his pension 800% (to $6,926 a year), Composer Jean Sibelius celebrated a quiet 85th birthday at his home, Ainola, near Jarvenpaa, opened a few presents, including 500 cigars, saw a few visitors, including President Juho Paasikivi, who brought along a present: a solid gold medal weighing about a pound...
Because his 45 years of service to his community is typical rather than unique, the American Medical Association convening in Cleveland last week gave Canton's Dr. Dean Sherwood Luce a gold medal and named him "Family Doctor of the Year...
...first of four $100,000 & up races, which top California's long winter season of rich purses, was run at Hollywood Park last week. Fanfared as the "Race of the Year," the Hollywood Gold Cup offered bettors a star-packed quandary...