Word: swiftest
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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With so many cars named after the swift and the strong in the animal kingdom, one name has been overlooked-the cheetah, said to be the swiftest animal on earth. Because of all the many recalls plaguing the car industry, this name would certainly cover all bases...
...swiftest gainer on the N.Y.S.E. was actually not a stock but a warrant, a security that gives its owner the right to purchase a stock at a set price over a period of time. The winning warrant was for Chrysler Corp., at $13 a share until 1985. As the year started, Chrysler stock was selling at 3⅜, so that the opportunity to buy a share at 13 was not worth much: the warrant sold for 1¼. By year's end, however, Chrysler shares had gunned ahead to 17¾, and the warrant was trading...
...Federal Reserve Board was showing signs of easing its tight-money policy. Interest rates were falling. At long last, it seemed that stocks should look attractive to skittish investors. But no one was at all prepared for the events that erupted: a torrent of trading volume and the swiftest, most spectacular price surge in the history of the New York Stock Exchange...
Accordingly, almost because the fighting had worsened, the emphasis swung back to negotiation. Said a key British politician: "We realized that only the swiftest diplomatic action could recapture the international support we have been losing." The British looked first to Haig, who in turn found a mediator in Peruvian President Fernando Belaunde Terry. The use of Belaúnde as an intermediary seemed to have several advantages. Peru is a Latin American country with traditionally friendly ties to Argentina. When the threat of war first emerged, the Peruvian Congress voted to send military supplies to Argentina. Belaunde, however...
...honor the previous 24 years. Starting with little more than a dream-a mare named Niagara Dream, to be exact-Berger turned a mom-and-pop stable into a racing powerhouse. Her ticket to the winner's circle was Niatross, a strapping bay regarded as the swiftest standard-bred in the history of the sport. In two years, he took top laurels on 37 of 39 trips to the post, earned $2 million and became the sixth horse to win pacing's Triple Crown. Now that Niatross has hung up his harness for a life on the stud...