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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Austerity Psychology. "Let's get that pencil of yours a little sharper," Mills told Schultze. "I'm the attorney for the taxpayer in this case." The attorney in this case is also the court of last resort for the tax bill...
...deserted him in a test vote on the issue in the Folketing, he called for new elections. During the campaign, the anti-Socialist opposition shrewdly played on rising Danish concern over increased unemployment (which is at 2.7%, still low by Western standards), a drop in Danish exports, the higher bill for welfare programs and the general direction of what many Scandinavians call their "nanny state," which hovers over them from nursery...
...French government paid the bulk of the $500,000 bill for the gathering and provided most of the economists for the discussions. Some of the chiefs of state flew in aboard Caravelle or Mystere jets. Everyone spoke French at the meetings. In one of the most important speeches, President Leopold Senghor of Senegal, the unofficial poet laureate of black Africa, made an extraordinary statement for an area that has gloried in shucking off colonial rule. Said Senghor: "We desire to keep and use fruitfully the positive aspects of Francophone colonialism...
Speed & Spring. Against Philadelphia and Wilt Chamberlain early in the season, Bing popped in 40 points to help the Pistons break a two-year, 16-game losing streak to the N.B.A. champions. Last month, on the night Bill Bradley was making his debut with the Knicks, Bing stole the show and the ballgame with 32 points. Last week, as the only second-year man chosen to start the N.B.A.'s All-Star game, which the East won 144-124, Bing contributed the gem of the evening. He stole a pass, drove in for a lay-up only to find...
...slides past, spins around, or ducks under bigger, clumsier defenders, as he drives in for close-range lay-ups and hooks. He also has fantastic spring. When he uncoils and jumps, his hands reach twelve feet into the air, right up there with Chamberlain and Boston's Bill Russell. With such talents, Bing is inevitably in position for 25 to 30 shots per game-and though only 44% normally go in, he still leads the N.B.A. parade...