Word: britain
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...idyllic Paul Mellon's English summers must have been, that years later millions of dollars should have been used for what you call systematic collecting and I call pillage of much of Britain's artistic soul...
Stocks, bonds and Government securities. Foreign money, much of it from Britain and Arab countries, is swirling through Wall Street. Corporate securities held by foreigners as portfolio investments have grown from $34.9 billion in 1974 to $57.7 billion last year. In recent weeks foreign buying has become a major force behind the dramatic rise in the U.S. stock market. Overseas investors also hold an estimated $7.6 billion in U.S. Treasury bills and notes, more than four times as much as in 1974. By making the investments, foreigners are helping to finance the nation's excessive deficit spending, thereby eliminating...
...church while the former partner still lives. In her case, Margaret would have to ask permission of the Queen. Heading off untimely rumors, the royal family quickly let it be known that she has no marriage plans. Certainly, Margaret's remarriage would stir up antimonarchist sentiment in Britain. Immediately after the divorce announcement, Labor M.P. John Lee declared that the new development "must make more urgent the need for a review of the scale of royal remuneration for duties performed -and possibly a review of the question of royal titles as well...
SEEKING DIVORCE. Princess Margaret of Britain, 47; from Antony Armstrong-Jones, 48, a photographer named as Earl of Snowdon after the wedding; after 18 years of marriage, two children (see WORLD...
Since the amendment was passed, Britain's large American community of about 120,000 civilian, government and military employees and their families has declined by 20,000. One London group of U.S. executives, Tax Equity for Americans Abroad (TEAA), has launched a spirited campaign to mail tea bags to Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire, the bill's main backer, after he chastised "jet-setting" Americans abroad and their "mink-swathed" wives. The planners intended this symbolic Washington tea party to be a protest against an unfair tax policy. Complains Robert Worcester, co-chairman of the group: "An awful...