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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Africans, Chinese or East Indians, this popular method of saving is now known as boxi money in Guyana, meeting in Barbados, partners in Jamaica, esu in the Bahamas, and chitty (the Hindi form from English chit) or susu in Trinidad. The Brazilian flair is in raising the ante to allow major purchases, and in raising the tone of the whole operation by calling the group a "consortium." I predict West Indians will be purchasing cars this way within a month after TIME arrives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 18, 1967 | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...even its balance of payments-the major reason for the Administration's decision in 1960 to switch from out right grants to sales of weapons. Moreover, say Administration officials, such sales in general help to correct power imbalances, counter Soviet influence in the Middle East and elsewhere, and allow the U.S. "to use what leverage we have to get countries to minimize their purchases." In fact, the arms trade with underdeveloped countries amounts to only 10% of the nation's sales of weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign Relations: Arms & the Bank | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

Whatever Nasser thought of that idea, Israel would surely reject it out of hand. Once more last week, Defense Minister Moshe Dayan scoffed at the notion of withdrawal from the "new territories" Israel now holds. "There is no going back to the 1948 borders," said Dayan. "We must not allow other countries acting in their own interests to force us to return to the old situation. We need to consider the reality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: The Waiting Game | 8/18/1967 | See Source »

...They allow a small-scale redistribution of the wealth while Poverty Program funds are still being debated in Congress...

Author: By Stephen D. Lerner paris, | Title: The Calculus of Riot | 8/8/1967 | See Source »

...some therapy for Russian prices. In a recent article, he called for the creation of a "three-tier" structure under which the state would fix prices for raw materials and fuel, set upper and lower limits for certain other standardized products (such as component parts and sheet metal), but allow market forces to set consumer prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: A Stop-Go Economy Goes | 8/4/1967 | See Source »

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