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...what they are: not signs of a recession but signs of a spreadout in industrial activity that should lengthen the overall uptrend of the economy. Most Wall Streeters now do not believe that there will be a recession in 1961. As for the market, it may well take a breather until first-quarter reports. They are expected to be good, give stocks a new upward push...
...midmorning of the second day, Eisenhower and Khrushchev took a breather, wandered together into Camp David's recently installed two-lane bowling alley, watched a Navy yeoman put together five strikes and a spare, and autographed his score card of 218. In mid-conference that afternoon, Eisenhower and Khrushchev took off together in a helicopter for Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm. Khrushchev inspected Eisenhower's prize herd of Black Angus cattle, dropped by the main farmhouse to greet...
Orange Juice & Wine. Kozlov was still talking animatedly when they settled down in a glass-enclosed lounge for a breather. The Russians offered some champagne, but Ike courteously turned it down. He took an orange juice, and so did Kozlov. But the Russians still persisted with the champagne, and Ike politely accepted "just a little,'' was handed a full glass...
...hours, seven sopranos, two mezzos, four baritones, a tenor and a bass worked their way through arias from Mozart, Massenet, Verdi, Wagner. Then, while audience and contestants stepped up to Sherry's Bar for a breather, Bing retired to his office with the other judges, half an hour later came out with the names of the winners. The Met decided to award two contracts-to Tacoma's 30-year-old Baritone Roald Reitan and 20-year-old, Toronto-born Soprano Teresa Stratas. Baritone Reitan, who was turned down by a Met scout four years ago when he auditioned...
...presided over the free election a year ago that gave Frondizi a victory. In six months, Frondizi has sharply lifted Argentina's prestige and credit by a stern, undemagogic economic program that embodies the same patriotic austerity De Gaulle proposes for France. Next week, taking his first breather, he reaches the U.S. for a ten-day state visit...