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A series of crisis measures late in May, including a ban on exports and a limiting of Treasury sales to industrial users only, was a reminder that the Government's stock of silver-and therefore its ability to control the price-was coming to an end. Anticipating the inevitable...
A stubby (5 ft. 4 in.), powerfully built man of 31, he is perhaps the world's most active and athletic ruler, relishing racing, flying and any other sport that involves danger and suspense. He can trace his Hashemite dynasty back to the prophet Mohammed, and his ancestors ruled...
What really enabled Thieu to face Ky down, however, was the fact that while the Premier had been busily bidding for popular support, Thieu was vigorously wooing the generals, reminding them of Bunker's warnings against a rigged election. When the meeting began, three of the Corps commanders were...
Though the spectacle of soldiers meddling in ecclesiastical affairs was unpleasant, the fact is that the Greek church, which commands at least the nominal allegiance of 96% of Greece's 8.5 million people, has hardly set a high moral tone. It was rocked in 1962 by the charges that...
Officially, British companies bidding for government contracts are allowed to plan on a maximum profit of 7%. Unofficially, they can make up to 20%. Actually, many of them do a great deal better than that. Or so it seemed last week as Parliament was embroiled in a brouhaha triggered by...