Word: mid-may
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Among the early critics was Michigan's Governor George Romney, who stalked through the pavilion in mid-May. Snapped Romney afterward: "It was pretty on the outside but full of trivia on the inside. When you go through it on the minirail all you see is blowup pictures of Hollywood actors and actresses. I was bitterly disappointed...
Still, the Treasury's once vast hoard of the metal shrank by mid-May to a mere 485 million oz. (a quarter of its 1960 size) as the Government was forced to stick to its policy of selling silver at a low-pegged price. For if the price of silver rises above $1.40 per oz., it becomes theoretically profitable to melt silver dimes, quarters and pre-1966 half dollars for their metallic content...
...away many high-ranking party officials, journalists and artists. Peking propagandists have been praising Mao to the skies, whipping up much the same frenzied atmosphere as that preceding the 1958 leap. Mao himself added a mysterious element by disappearing from public view for six months and reappearing only in mid-May...
Oversold. Milward issued a statement passing the blame on to the Rolls-Royce Tyne engines that power BEA's 19 Vanguard propjets. Since mid-May, metal fragments have been showing up in the engine oil sumps, and they were found to come from compressor bearings. Pilots have had to call off flights just before takeoff because they have found oil pressure too low, and with as many as four Vanguards at a time in the shop for repairs, often due to a shortage of spare parts, the fault has had a snowball effect on BEA schedules. The newer three...
...Congress had been told by members of the Office of Education that it would be difficult to find personnel for the program if officials could not start recruitment until May, but the government moved slowly. Since the Corps is primarily designed for graduating seniors, the result of starting in mid-May is that many potential candidates who would have been best qualified for the program are already committed...