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Then the French President strolled out to greet the West German leader with a smile, a handshake -and a glottal "Bis Aufgleich Herr Bundeskanzler [See you later, Mr. Chancellor]." With that they adjourned, to meet again an hour later for a leisurely lunch...
...Peace Corpsmen, he urged them to "pursue the ideals of a Joan of Arc with the political prowess of an Adam Clayton Powell. Whatever you say about Joan, her purpose was noble. And whatever you say about Adam, his politics is effective." The word effective crops up repeatedly in bis conversation. "There is no substitute for the effective use of political skills to advance the cause of a great idea," he argues. "Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism." In terms of this philosophy, Moyers numbers among his heroes...
...recalled that Boumedienne's Defense Ministry had been one of the few well-run departments of the Algerian government and thought that might augur well for the future. The only fact that had become really clear was that Houari Boumedienne, so long known as "Numéro un bis" in Algeria, had at last become...
...Basel Club is a gathering of the central-bank governors from the same ten nations, plus Austria and Switzerland. The club grew out of the regular meetings in Basel of the semigovernmental Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which arranges short-term credits for central banks. The central bankers make a three-day weekend of it, gathering two days ahead of the BIS meeting for a round of closed-door talks to inform and advise each other on monetary problems and plans. IMF Managing Director Pierre-Paul Schweitzer calls the exclusive group the "best club in the world." Meetings: once...
...nation Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), an offspring of Western Europe's Marshall Plan cooperation. It is composed of both government officials and central bankers from Europe and the U.S. The subcommittee passes on the creditworthiness of governments and, in cooperation with the BIS, runs a continual "surveillance" of the international monetary system. Its great power comes from the fact that its decisions are usually accepted by the money-lending nations. Meetings: once every six weeks in Paris...