Word: sell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Carter Administration has been trying to persuade other wheat-exporting nations to cooperate with the embargo and not sell the Soviets the 17 million metric tons of grain eliminated by the U.S. So far, Canada and Australia have given "pretty firm" commitments to go along with the embargo, while Argentina is a question mark. Even if these nations do cooperate, the Soviets may still find other ways to get their grain. Says Verel Bailey, an Iowa corn grower: "The Russians are very effective in manipulating international pipeline supplies. It would not surprise me if a lot of grain starts heading...
...sell-off was spurred partly by rumors that the U.S. was planning a surprise gold auction of as much as 6 million oz. in an effort to break the price runup. Though the Administration denied the rumors, the U.S. could well afford such an auction. The nation's gold reserves are still far and away the largest on earth, totaling some 276 million oz. At last week's closing price, the reserves were worth some $165 billion, or more than twice as much as those of second-ranked West Germany. By comparison, the Soviet Union's official...
...Napa Valley, to conglomerates like Heublein and France's eminent Moet-Hennessy; from old estates like Beaulieu to newcomers like Thomas Nicholas Jordan Jr., a Denver oilman who has spent close to $15 million to build a Bordeaux-style chateau in Sonoma County-and has yet to sell a bottle of wine...
...concert riot, and that Bruce Springsteen was out of the question, so we approached Pousette-Dart." Joseph F. McDonough '81, president of the Student Assembly, said yesterday. "They're popular, both mellow and towdy, and Boston-based, so it'll be a nice time for everyone and a sure sell-out," he added
Through a Qube system, a computer, according to Wicklein, can know "your political views, your consuming habits, your indebtedness, even how often you view porno movies" and sell this information to "anyone in the world...