Word: bartering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...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...
FARM SURPLUSES, now approaching the $7 billion mark, will probably be cut under a new disposal program soon to be announced by the Administration. Idea is to set up a special office to barter food for commodities and services abroad. On surplus butter, prices to U.S. and foreign consumers would be cut 15% to 25% below current market levels, then slowly boosted as the surplus dwindles...
...Trade? The Japanese should know that Communist trade rarely works out as advertised, and usually contains more propaganda than produce. Last year's barter deal with China for $170 million in raw materials such as iron ore and lumber in return for finished products from Japan has yet to produce its first delivery. Nevertheless, Japan's economy is so shaky that businessmen are clamoring for more business with China despite U.S. pressures. They think the fact that trade would strengthen China in the cold war is not as important as the fact that Sino-Japanese trade would also...