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...split with any. In the face of Canada's determination, Lord Swinton reluctantly agreed to competition between B.O.A.C. and Canada on the North Atlantic. But he won his point on the remainder of the Empire routes, such as Britain to India, South Africa and New Zealand. (T.C.A. may balk at pooling the Canada-Australia route.) On these the conference agreed to pool traffic, split it equally-e.g., if six flights are flown to India, B.O.A.C. will fly three, Indian airlines the other three...
...sinful for stock prices to rise for four consecutive years? Last week Emil Schram, once chairman of the Reconstruction Finance Corp., now president of the New York Stock Ex change, took a fall out of those beaters of anti-inflation drums (such as Marriner Stoddard Eccles) who want to balk rising stock prices by increasing the present 25% capital gains tax. He told the Bond Club of Philadelphia that...
Some readers may balk at Adams' often gawky, round about sentences, his fondness for such words as "ilk" and "ichor." But they will be grateful to him for having followed with vigorous impartiality the twists and turns of a morbidly fascinating, often tragi-comic life...
...been before. "Japanese Christians will love their land and people in defeat with a more profound love than ever before. They will probably trust their leaders with less criticism and more loyalty." Missionaries returning to Japan will be greeted with deep suspicion. Young Americans who could replace them may balk at giving their lives to missionary service in an enemy country...
...lobby leering over its shoulder, could not offer the Cubans a higher price unless they gave domestic U.S. sugar-growers a price increase. Further, the action might set a precedent: Brazil would want more for its coffee, and other nations, chafing under U.S. ceiling prices on their products, might balk at contracting ahead...