Word: wolf
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Northern Cheyenne Indian tribe quietly held an election of its own in the rolling lands and rough mountains of Montana. Among the victors: Johnny Woodenlegs of Lame Deer, Mont., re-elected President; John Stands in the Timber, John Kills on Top Sr., August Spotted Elk, William Hollowbreast, Clarence Spotted Wolf, members of the tribal council...
...Wolf & Son. Center of the Asian gold trade is the Portuguese colony of Macao, where dealers operate openly, since Portugal consistently refuses to sign an international agreement to regulate gold. Since 1946, by the colony's own report, some $601 million worth of gold has poured into-and through-Macao (pop. 200,000). Most of it also passed through the hands of Dr. Pedro Lobo, onetime chief economic officer of Macao, who is credited with monopolizing gold import licenses for Macao's "gold syndicate...
...nearly 70, Lobo (Portuguese for wolf) is gradually turning the business over to his son Rogerio. 36, who is one of the owners of the single-plane airline that flies gold in from Hong Kong, only 15 air minutes away. On arrival each shipment of gold is meticulously weighed by Portuguese authorities determined to collect the import duty of 42? an ounce, the biggest source of Macao's revenue. After the weighing, the authorities discreetly withdraw. Then the syndicate's employees melt down the international gold bars (usually weighing around 27 lbs.) into the portable 9-oz. bars...
Expresso Bongo is the slum to stardom story of a London Presley-in-the-rough, depicted with total amorality. Adapted from his own play by British novelist and playwright Wolf Mankowitz, the film removes the glittering facade of show business for a behind the scenes view of the world in its dog-eat-dog reality. The almighty pound weaves in and out of the script, permeating the atmosphere and the characterizations...
...Wednesday, a concert will be given by Shirley Suddock, soprano, Rowland Sturges, plano, Mary Fraley Johnson, violoncello, and Howard Brown, flute. The program includes lieder by Franz Schubert and Hugo Wolf; Fetes Glantes, set I, of Debussy and Chanson Madecasses by Maurice Ravel...