Word: barter
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...Buttermilk. Once a barter agreement has paved the way, the Germans have made the best of it with service and salesmanship. "If you inquire in France, the U.S., Great Britain and Germany about buying machinery," says a Caracas businessman, "the Frenchman doesn't answer, the U.S. company sends a catalogue, the Briton assures you his product is the best, and two Germans show up and ask, 'Where do we put it?' " In capitals and backlands throughout Latin America, German salesmen in belted jackets, speaking good Spanish or Portuguese, take pride in a three-word motto: "Sell, sell...
...logical Marxist solution for his problems last week. Since the government was buying art for a projected modern museum, said Siqueiros, why not let artists pay their income taxes with their work instead of their money? When the Finance Minister okayed the proposal, Rivera was the first to barter a $3,600 painting for his tax bill. But anti-Communist Rufino Tamayo, whose work is selling like hot cakes, said haughtily: "I prefer to pay my taxes in cash. I have no paintings to spare...
...tempestuous Spanish beauty, he shows the same lack of decision. He just can't decide what the poor girl's trouble is. First, she is a hot-blooded little wanton who, while proud of the fact that "no man has ever bought men," has no real objection to the barter system. But she isn't satisfied with her earthy life. It's never exactly clear why, except that she yearns to be "a really good actress," so she goes to Hollywood. Then everyone decides that Maria is really an iceberg and incapable of love, or of being loved. This fixed...
...Bolshevik revolution last November, Tito cabled Moscow his best wishes, got back Moscow's thanks. Last month the "Free Yugoslav" radio, which has been beaming anti-Tito propaganda into Yugoslavia from behind the Iron Curtain, stopped broadcasting. Early this month, the Russians and Yugoslavs signed a barter trade treaty...
...ideas for Southeast Asia. FOA wants to set up 1) a currency-clearing union backed by $1 billion in U.S. funds, to help settle payment accounts between Asiatic nations; 2) a U.S.-financed rice bank to store surplus rice against famine years; and 3) a series of U.S.-sponsored barter deals by which Asiatic countries can trade more of their raw materials for manufactured goods...