Word: bank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...committee could point to several nations-Greece, Israel, Nationalist China and the Philippines-which have, under U.S. aid, progressed to the point where they can soon stand on their own, needing little more than conventional loans from the Export-Import Bank...
...problems. Central America already has a common market, of sorts. Since July 1961, the U.S. has committed about $117 million to bolster the area's economy. Of that amount, about $47 million remains unspent. With U.S. pledges made last week, and with additional funds from the Inter-American Bank and other sources, Central America will soon have about $100 million to spend on a vast variety of development projects. There are those who fear that this is more than Central America can, at the moment, use either wisely or efficiently...
...most of Cairo remains the same: close, crowded and cacophonous with hard-pressed auto horns. In Imbaba, on the west bank of the Nile, camels streaked with henna still plod unknowingly toward the slaughterhouse, and gully-gully men delight bright-eyed, brown-faced children with magic tricks as they did their grandfathers 50 years ago. Imbaba's junk market is still unchanged, and bent nails and half-shoelaces are traded with solemnity and diligence. The red flowerpot of the tarboosh has all but vanished from Cairenes' heads, and Nasser has even made considerable progress in his campaign...
...course, there is a double bank of slot machines...
...script that runs more to whimsy than to wit, the inspector is given most of the good lines. "A Boche!" he bellows indignantly when Sellers, setting a trap for the I.P.O. Gang, suggests a German safecracker for a ?250,000 bank robbery. "See 'ere cahn't we give this job to a British lad?" But Sneaky Pete has the sneakiest line in the show. Preoccupied with his problems, he waffles into his flat one evening and whoops absentmindedly for his mistress...